Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis

Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. depressa
Subspecies:	C. depressa fuscipennis
Trinomial name
Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis Emery, 1899

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.692196° to -4.325°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• fuscipennis. Crematogaster depressa var. fuscipennis Emery, 1899e: 479 (w.q.) CAMEROON, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Cameroon (no further data) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 856; no lectotype designated), Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): Kinshasa, Boyengue, and Ikelemba (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: MSNG (possibly also MRHN).
  • Forel, 1909b: 53 (m.); Santschi, 1910c: 380 (ergatogyne).
  • Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 856.
  • Subspecies of depressa: Forel, 1909b: 53; Santschi, 1910c: 380; Forel, 1911f: 279; Forel, 1913b: 325; Forel, 1913h: 353; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 159, 856; Emery, 1922e: 155; Santschi, 1935a: 263; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Weber, 1943c: 310; Eidmann, 1944: 448; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
  • Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan.

References

• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 479, worker, queen described)
• Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 53, male described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 856, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))