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Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga
| Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. gambiensis |
| Subspecies: | C. gambiensis transversiruga |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga Santschi, 1914 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- transversiruga. Crematogaster gambiensis var. transversiruga Santschi, 1914d: 346 (w.) SUDAN (in text).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Sudan: Redji, Lado (A. Reichensperger).
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846.
- Subspecies of gambiensis: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846; Emery, 1922e: 153; Santschi, 1926b: 227; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
- Distribution: Sudan.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 346, worker 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 846, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))