Crematogaster menilekii viehmeyeri

Crematogaster menilekii viehmeyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. menilekii
Subspecies:	C. menilekii viehmeyeri
Trinomial name
Crematogaster menilekii viehmeyeri Santschi, 1921

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.

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.

• viehmeyeri. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) viehmeyeri Santschi, 1921c: 117 (w.) TANZANIA.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): (no further data) (H. Viehmeyer).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of menilekii: Santschi, 1926b: 217; Santschi, 1933b: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 165.
  • Distribution: Tanzania, Uganda.

References

• Santschi, F. 1921c. Quelques nouveaux Formicides africains. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 61: 113-122 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.14442) (page 117, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 217, Stirps of menileki)