Crematogaster latuka

Crematogaster latuka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. latuka
Binomial name
Crematogaster latuka Weber, 1943

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster castanea group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.112954° to 4.112954°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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.

• latuka. Crematogaster (Crematogaster) latuka Weber, 1943c: 355, pl. 15, fig. 11 (w.) SOUTH SUDAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “one colony”).
  • Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): E slopes of Imatong Mts, 4600 ft, 31.vii.1939, no. 1379 (N.A. Weber).
  • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC (perhaps also USNM).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 156.
  • Distribution: South Sudan.

References

• Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 355, pl. 15, fig. 11 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.