Crematogaster opaciceps defleta

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Crematogaster opaciceps defleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. opaciceps
Subspecies: C. opaciceps defleta
Trinomial name
Crematogaster opaciceps defleta
Forel, 1910

Identification

Distribution

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.

  • defleta. Crematogaster opaciceps subsp. defletus Forel, 1910e: 434 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, in Acacia horrida (C. Keller).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148.
    • Subspecies of opaciceps: Arnold, 1920a: 515; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 842; Emery, 1922e: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
    • Distribution: South Africa.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 148, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 421-458 (page 434, worker described)