Crematogaster fulva

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Crematogaster fulva
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster gambiensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster fulva
Donisthorpe, 1945

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster gambiensis.

Nomenclature

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

  • fulva. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) fulva Donisthorpe, 1945d: 265 (w.) GHANA. Junior synonym of gambiensis: Bolton, 1995b: 153.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 153, Junior synonym of gambiensis)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1945d. On a small collection of ants (Hym., Formicidae) from West Africa, associated with Coccidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(12): 265-273 (page 265, worker described)