Crematogaster gerstaeckeri maledicta

Crematogaster gerstaeckeri maledicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. gerstaeckeri
Subspecies:	C. gerstaeckeri maledicta
Trinomial name
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri maledicta Forel, 1914

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.16667° to -20.16667°.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• maledicta. Crematogaster excisa var. maledicta Forel, 1914d: 236 (w.q.) ZIMBABWE.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147.
  • Subspecies of excisa: Arnold, 1920a: 502; Emery, 1922e: 147.
  • Subspecies of sjostedti: Santschi, 1920b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 844.
  • Subspecies of gerstaeckeri: Bolton, 1995b: 157.
  • Distribution: Zimbabwe.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 157, Subspecies of gerstaeckeri)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 236, worker, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1920b. Formicides nouveaux du Gabon, du Congo, de la Rhodesia et du Natal. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 60: 6-17 (page 15, Variety of sjostedti)