Crematogaster lorteti hellenica

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Crematogaster lorteti hellenica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. lorteti
Subspecies: C. lorteti hellenica
Trinomial name
Crematogaster lorteti hellenica
Forel, 1911

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Greece (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • hellenica. Crematogaster (Atopogyne) hellenica Forel, 1911d: 342 (q.) GREECE.
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Greece: vic. Athens (Krüper).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 143.
    • Subspecies of lorteti: Forel, 1911g: 284; Emery, 1912e: 666; Emery, 1922e: 143; Bolton, 1995b: 154; Legakis, 2011: 13.
    • Distribution: Greece.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 143, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 342, queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303 (page 284, Variety of lorteti)