Crematogaster hottentota

Crematogaster hottentota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. hottentota
Binomial name
Crematogaster hottentota Emery, 1899 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster hottentota bassuto Santschi, 1925

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.16667° to -27.68227°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Lesotho, South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe.

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.

• hottentota. Crematogaster kneri subsp. hottentota Emery, 1899e: 482 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA, BOTSWANA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: South Africa: Vrijburg, 1893 (E. Simon) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 847; no lectotype designated), South Africa, Bloemfontein, 1893 (E. Simon), Botswana (“Bechuanaland”): (no further data) (E. Simon).
  • [Note: this taxon is based on C. kneri Mayr, sensu Emery, 1895h: 27, misidentification.]
  • Type-depository: MSNG (possibly also MRHN).
  • [Misspelled as kottentota by Menozzi, 1942: 169.]
  • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 847.
  • Subspecies of kneri: Forel, 1913a: 125; Arnold, 1920a: 528; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 847; Emery, 1922e: 153.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1926b: 224; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 154.
  • Distribution: Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus bassuto.

References

• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 482, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1925h. Formicidae. Mission Rohan-Chabot 4(3 3: 159-168 (page 161, Raised to species (footnote))
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 224, Raised to species)
• 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 847, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery C. 1899. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 459-504.
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Santschi F. 1925. Formicidae. Mission Rohan-Chabot. 4(3): 159-168.
• Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004