Crematogaster kneri pronotalis

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Crematogaster kneri pronotalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. kneri
Subspecies: C. kneri pronotalis
Trinomial name
Crematogaster kneri pronotalis
Santschi, 1914

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Nigeria (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.

  • pronotalis. Crematogaster pronotalis Santschi, 1914d: 347, fig. 17 (w.) NIGERIA.
    • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Nigeria: Olokemeji (F. Silvestri).
    • Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also DEUN).
    • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1915c: 251; Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 155, 848; Emery, 1922e: 153.
    • Subspecies of kneri: Santschi, 1926b: 228; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 160.
    • Distribution: Nigeria.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 347, fig. 17 worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1918d. Sous-genres et synoymies [sic] de Cremastogaster (Hym. Formic.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1918: 182-185 (page 182, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))
  • Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 228, Variety of kneri)