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Crematogaster kneri pronotalis
| Crematogaster kneri pronotalis | |
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| 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
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)