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Crematogaster impressiceps longiscapa
| Crematogaster impressiceps longiscapa | |
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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 |
| Subspecies: | C. impressiceps longiscapa |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster impressiceps longiscapa Stitz, 1916 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.
- longiscapa. Crematogaster impressiceps var. longiscapa Stitz, 1916: 384 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Ubangi Dist., Duma, 20.x.1910 (Schubotz).
- Type-depository: Zoological Museum Hamburg (Stitz, 1916: 371).
- [Note: Hamburg Zoological Museum was destroyed in World War II; residual type-material may perhaps be in MNHU or ZMUH.]
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147.
- Subspecies of impressiceps: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 839; Emery, 1922e: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 384, worker described)