Crematogaster inermis lucida

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Crematogaster inermis lucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. inermis
Subspecies: C. inermis lucida
Trinomial name
Crematogaster inermis lucida
Forel, 1890

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.674444° to 24.951389°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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.

  • lucida. Crematogaster inermis var. lucidus Forel, 1890c: 218 (w.) LIBYA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Libya: Ghadamès (“extrémité Sud-Ouest de la Tripolitaine”) (A. ben Belkassem).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Forel, 1904c: 6 (m.); Santschi, 1937e: 297 (q.m.).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 143.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1926: 2.
    • Subspecies of wellmani: Santschi, 1937b: 100.
    • Subspecies of inermis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Forel, 1904c: 5; Emery, 1912e: 663; Emery, 1922e: 143; Santschi, 1929e: 149; Menozzi, 1932e: 453; Menozzi, 1934: 154; Santschi, 1937e: 297; Santschi, 1938a: 38; Bernard, 1948: 143; Bernard, 1953a: 152; Bolton, 1995b: 156; Cagniant, 2005: 10.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.

Description

References

  • Bernard, F. 1948. Les insectes sociaux du Fezzân. Comportement et biogéographie. Pp. 87-200 in: Bernard, F., Peyerimhoff, P. de. Mission scientifique du Fezzân (1944-1945). Tome V. Zoologie. Alger: Institut de Recherches Sahariennes de l'Université d'A (page 143, Variety of inermis)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 143, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Forel, A. 1890b. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:lxi-lxxvi. (page ?, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 6, male described)
  • Santschi, F. 1937b. Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 17: 93-104 (page 100, Variety of wellmani)
  • Santschi, F. 1937e. Contribution à l'étude des Crematogaster paléarctiques. Mém. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 5: 295-317 (page 297, queen described)
  • Santschi, F. 1937e. Contribution à l'étude des Crematogaster paléarctiques. Mém. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 5: 295-317 (page 297, Variety of inermis)
  • Santschi, F. 1938a [1937]. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Egypte 21: 28-44 (page 38, Variety of inermis)