Crematogaster menilekii occidentalis

Crematogaster menilekii occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. menilekii
Subspecies:	C. menilekii occidentalis
Trinomial name
Crematogaster menilekii occidentalis Mayr, 1902

Taylor et al. (2018) treat this taxon as a full species but provide no justification for the change. Subsequent authors have not followed this treatment.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Equatorial Guinea (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.

• occidentalis. Crematogaster menileki subsp. occidentalis Mayr, 1902: 293 (w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Bioko).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea: Fernando Po I. (= Bioko I.) (R. Buchholz).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148.
  • Subspecies of menilekii: Schulz, W.A. 1906: 170; Santschi, 1913a: 412 (in key); Forel, 1913h: 353; Santschi, 1915c: 252; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 840; Emery, 1922e: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
  • Distribution: Benin, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 148, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Mayr, G. 1902. Hymenopterologische Miscellen. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 287-303 (page 293, worker described)
• Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).