Crematogaster gerstaeckeri zulu

Crematogaster gerstaeckeri zulu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. gerstaeckeri
Subspecies:	C. gerstaeckeri zulu
Trinomial name
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri zulu Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.16667° to -28.7°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

• zulu. Crematogaster (Atopogyne) bulawayensis var. zulu Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855.
  • [First available use of Crematogaster sjostedti st. bulawayensis var. zulu Santschi, 1920b: 15 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA; unavailable name.]
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Zululand, Mfongosi, ii.1918 (W.E. Tones) (received frm Arnold).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1930b: 69.
  • Subspecies of bulawayensis: Arnold, 1926: 289.
  • Subspecies of gerstaeckeri: Bolton, 1995b: 165.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 289, Variety/subspecies of bulawayensis)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 165, Variety/subspecies of gerstaeckeri)
• 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 855, worker, queen described)