Crematogaster laestrygon maura

Crematogaster laestrygon maura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. laestrygon
Subspecies:	C. laestrygon maura
Trinomial name
Crematogaster laestrygon maura Forel, 1909

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.8° 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.

• maura. Crematogaster laestrygon var. maura Forel, 1909c: 104.
  • [First available use of Crematogaster auberti r. laestrygon var. maura Forel, 1894d: 25 (w.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: summit of Djebel Antar, nr Méchéria, 27.iii.-19.iv.1893 (A. Forel).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1912e: 658; Emery, 1922e: 142; Karavaiev, 1927b: 104.
  • Subspecies of laestrygon: Emery, 1926: 2; Santschi, 1939d: 73; Cagniant, 1964: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 157; Cagniant, 2006a: 198.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

References

• Cagniant, H. 1964 [1962]. Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 53: 83-118 (page 103, Subspecies of laestrygon)
• Emery, C. 1926. Ultime note mirmecologiche. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 58: 1-9 (page 2, Subspecies of laestrygon)
• Forel, A. 1909c. Fourmis d'Espagne récoltées par M. O. Vogt et Mme Cécile Vogt, Docteurs en médecine. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 103-106 (page 104, worker described)