Crematogaster laestrygon atlantis

Crematogaster laestrygon atlantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. laestrygon
Subspecies:	C. laestrygon atlantis
Trinomial name
Crematogaster laestrygon atlantis Santschi, 1937

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.777222° to 32.249974°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• atlantis. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) laestrygon var. atlantis Santschi, 1937e: 306.
  • [First available use of Crematogaster auberti subsp. laestrygon var. atlantis Forel, 1911d: 341 (in text) (w.q.m.) ALGERIA, TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Algeria, Tunisia (no further data)
  • [Notes (i): Forel, 1911d: 341, merely mentioned Algeria and Tunisia, without further data and without nomination of any series as type-material; (ii) Santschi, 1937e: 306, nominates a series Tunisia: Kairouan, no. 212 (F. Santschi) as ‘type’, which is probably not original type-material.]
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1912e: 658; Emery, 1922e: 142; Emery, 1926: 2; Karavaiev, 1927b: 105; Santschi, 1929e: 148.
  • Subspecies of laestrygon: Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Bolton, 1995b: 148; Cagniant, 2005: 11; Cagniant, 2006a: 198.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.

References

• Santschi, F. 1937e. Contribution à l'étude des Crematogaster paléarctiques. Mém. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 5: 295-317 (page 306, worker, queen, male described)