Crematogaster menilekii suddensis

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

Distribution

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.

• suddensis. Crematogaster (Crematogaster) menileki subsp. suddensis Weber, 1943c: 356 (w.q.) SOUTH SUDAN.
  • Type-material: holotype queen, paratype workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: holotype South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Upper White Nile, Sudd, 10.vii.1939, no. 1245 (N.A. Weber); paratypes Upper White Nile, Sudd, 9.vii.1939, no. 1243, from papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) (N.A. Weber).
  • Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); AMNH, MCZC (perhaps also USNM) (paratypes).
  • Subspecies of menileki: Bolton, 1995b: 163.
  • 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 356, worker, queen described)