Crematogaster lotti

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

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.

• lotti. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) lotti Weber, 1943c: 358, pl. 15, fig. 2 (w.) SOUTH SUDAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): W slopes Imatong Mts, Lotti Forest, 5.viii.1939, no. 1444 (N.A. Weber).
  • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC (perhaps also USNM).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 156.
  • Distribution: South Sudan.

References

• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B. 2022. Taxonomy in the phylogenomic era: species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships among North American ants of the Crematogaster scutellaris group (Formicidae: Hymenoptera), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(3): 893–937 (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab047).
• Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 358, pl. 15, fig. 2 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.
• Weber N. A. 1964. Termite prey of some African ants. Entomological News 75: 197-204.