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Crematogaster impressiceps
| Crematogaster impressiceps | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. impressiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster impressiceps Mayr, 1902
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 3.73503° to 3.73503°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Equatorial Guinea (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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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.
- impressiceps. Crematogaster impressiceps Mayr, 1902: 294 (w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Bioko), CAMEROON.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Equatorial Guinea: Fernando Po I. (= Bioko I.) (R. Buchholz) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 839; no lectotype designated), Cameroon: Abo (R. Buchholz).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 839;
- combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1916: 411 (in text).
- Status as species: Schulz, W.A. 1906: 170; Stitz, 1916: 384; Emery, 1922e: 147; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 154, 839; Santschi, 1930a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 154.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus frontalis, longiscapa, lujana.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 411, Race of buchneri)
- Mayr, G. 1902. Hymenopterologische Miscellen. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 287-303 (page 294, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 70: 49-77 (page 65, Revived status as species)
- Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 384, Revived status as 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 839, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))
- 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 839, Revived status as species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
- 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