Crematogaster pauciseta

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Crematogaster pauciseta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. pauciseta
Binomial name
Crematogaster pauciseta
Emery, 1899

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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.

  • pauciseta. Crematogaster pauciseta Emery, 1899e: 485, fig. (w.q.) CAMEROON.
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data) (Conradt).
    • Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also in MRHN).
    • Forel, 1913e: 669 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1913e: 669; Forel, 1915c: 340; Emery, 1922e: 131; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 850; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus grossulior.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 485, fig. worker, queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1913f. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 659-673 (page 669, male described)
  • Santschi, F. 1918d. Sous-genres et synoymies [sic] de Cremastogaster (Hym. Formic.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1918: 182-185 (page 182, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
  • Forel A. 1913. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 659-673