Crematogaster laestrygon submaura

Crematogaster laestrygon submaura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. laestrygon
Subspecies:	C. laestrygon submaura
Trinomial name
Crematogaster laestrygon submaura Lomnicki, 1925

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.699722° to 39.530833°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Spain (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.

• submaura. Crematogaster laestrygon var. submaura Lomnicki, 1925b: 1 (w.) SPAIN (Balearic Is).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Spain: Mallorca I., Palma de Mallorca, Son Sardina, 11.vi.1913 (S. Tenenbaum), Mallorca I., Palma, 30.iv.1913, 29.v.1913, 30.v.1913 (S. Tenenbaum), Mallorca I., Palma Porto Pi, 27.iv.1913 (S. Tenenbaum), Mallorca I., Bunola, 7.vi.1913 (S. Tenenbaum); Majorca I., Marratxi, 21.vii.1913 (S. Tenenbaum).
  • Type-depository: MIZW (perhaps also DSAB).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1926: 5.
  • Subspecies of auberti: Menozzi, 1926b: 182.
  • Subspecies of laestrygon: Santschi, 1937e: 310; Ceballos, 1956: 303; Collingwood, 1978: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 163.
  • [Note: Santschi, 1937e: 310, comments that this taxon is, “très voisine, sinon identique à la var. atlantis”.]
  • Distribution: Spain (Balearics).

References

• Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 52: 65-95 (page 69, Variety/subspecies of laestrygon)
• Lomnicki, J. 1925b. Une contribution à la connaissance de la faune des fourmis des îles Baléares. Pol. Pismo Entomol. 4: 1-3 (page 1, worker described)
• Menozzi, C. 1926b. Zur Kenntnis der Ameisenfauna der Balearen. Zool. Anz. 66: 180-182 (page 182, Variety/subspecies of auberti)
• Santschi, F. 1937e. Contribution à l'étude des Crematogaster paléarctiques. Mém. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 5: 295-317 (page 310, Variety/subspecies of laestrygon)