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Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga
| Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga | |
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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 longiruga |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga Forel, 1907 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya (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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- longiruga. Crematogaster gambiensis var. longiruga Forel, 1907c: 140 (w.q.m.) KENYA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, 1 syntype male.
- Type-localities: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Rendilé, Mt Xaroli, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Kenya: Mt Nyro, 1905 (M. de Rothschild).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Junior synonym of gambiensis: Santschi, 1914d: 346 (in text); Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846.
- Subspecies of gambiensis: Santschi, 1935b: 271; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
- Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan.