Crematogaster donisthorpei

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Crematogaster donisthorpei
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

Crematogaster donisthorpei casent0101917 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (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

Images from AntWeb

Crematogaster donisthorpei casent0101917 profile 2.jpgCrematogaster donisthorpei casent0101917 dorsal 2.jpgCrematogaster donisthorpei casent0101917 dorsal 3.jpg
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).
    • 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)