Crematogaster microspina
Crematogaster microspina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. microspina |
Binomial name | |
Crematogaster microspina Menozzi, 1942 |
Identification
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. |
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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.
- microspina. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) microspina Menozzi, 1942: 167 (w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Bioko).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea (“Guinea Spagnola”): Fernando Po I. (= Bioko I.), Moka, 1-15.xii.1939 (Schlüter).
- [Note: type-data from Eidmann, 1944: 447 (Westafrika Expd. Eidmann 1939-40).]
- Type-depository: IEUB.
- [Also cited as new in Eidmann, 1944: 447.]
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 157.
- Distribution: Equatorial Guinea.
Description
References
- Menozzi, C. 1942a. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zool. Anz. 140: 164-182 (page 167, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Eidmann H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 76: 413-490.