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Crematogaster libengensis
| Crematogaster libengensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. libengensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster libengensis Stitz, 1916
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.
- libengensis. Crematogaster libengensis Stitz, 1916: 389, fig. 7 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Ubangi Dist., Libenge, 25.x.1910 (Schubotz).
- Type-depository: Zoological Museum Hamburg (Stitz, 1916: 371).
- [Note: Hamburg zoological museum was destroyed in World War II; but holotype may perhaps be in MNHU or ZMUH.]
- Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 847.
- Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 847; Santschi, 1926b: 227; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bernard, 1953b: 233; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus rufula.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 227, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))
- Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 389, fig. 7 worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 847, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
- Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.