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Crematogaster donisthorpei
| Crematogaster donisthorpei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. donisthorpei |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster donisthorpei Santschi, 1934
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Identification
A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -18.590717° to -18.590717°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
  
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0101917. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- donisthorpei. Crematogaster (Oxygyne) donisthorpei Santschi, 1934a: 188 (w.q.m.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Mashonaland, 1889 (no collector’s name) (received from Donisthorpe).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, NHMB.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 152.
- Distribution: Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1934a. Deux nouveaux Crematogaster intéressants. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 58: 187-191 (page 188, worker, queen, male described)