Crematogaster delagoensis acutidens

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Crematogaster delagoensis acutidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. delagoensis
Subspecies: C. delagoensis acutidens
Trinomial name
Crematogaster delagoensis acutidens
Arnold, 1944

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.85° to -28.85°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • acutidens. Crematogaster delagoense var. acutidens Arnold, 1944: 7, fig. 7, 7a,b (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Weenen (H.P. Thomasset).
    • Type-depository: SAMC.
    • Subspecies of delagoensis: Bolton, 1995b: 146.
    • Distribution: South Africa.

Description

References

  • Arnold, G. 1944. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 5. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 1-38 (page 7, fig. 7 worker described)