Crematogaster peringueyi cacochyma

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

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

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.

• cacochyma. Crematogaster peringueyi r. cacochyma Forel, 1914d: 235 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: none given (presumably South Africa: Cape Prov. (Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 843)) (“Musée du Cap”).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, SAMC.
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 512.
  • Subspecies of peringueyi: Arnold, 1920a: 512; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 843; Emery, 1922e: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page ?, 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 235, worker, queen described)