Crematogaster neuvillei cooperi

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Crematogaster neuvillei cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. neuvillei
Subspecies: C. neuvillei cooperi
Trinomial name
Crematogaster neuvillei cooperi
Forel, 1914

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -29.76667° to -29.76667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • cooperi. Crematogaster neuvillei r. cooperi Forel, 1914d: 233 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Durban (C.B. Cooper).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Arnold, 1920a: 498 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148.
    • Subspecies of neuvillei: Forel, 1915c: 341; Santschi, 1917b: 280 (in key); Arnold, 1920a: 497; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 841; Emery, 1922e: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
    • Distribution: South Africa.

Description

References

  • Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 498, queen described)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 148, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 233, worker described)