Crematogaster gerstaeckeri kohliella

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Crematogaster gerstaeckeri kohliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. gerstaeckeri
Subspecies: C. gerstaeckeri kohliella
Trinomial name
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri kohliella
Santschi, 1918

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • kohliella. Crematogaster sjostedti st. kohliella Santschi, 1918d: 185.
    • [First available use of Crematogaster excisa r. andrei var. kohliella Forel, 1916: 409 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): St Gabriel (H. Kohl).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 149.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1930b: 69.
    • Subspecies of sjostedti: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 844; Emery, 1922e: 149.
    • Subspecies of gerstaeckeri: Bolton, 1995b: 155.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 155, Subspecies of gerstaeckeri)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 149, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Santschi, F. 1918d. Sous-genres et synoymies [sic] de Cremastogaster (Hym. Formic.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1918: 182-185 (page 185, worker described)