Crematogaster peringueyi cacochyma

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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

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.

  • cacochyma. Crematogaster peringueyi r. cacochyma Forel, 1914d: 235 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: South Africa: (no further data) “Musée du Cap”.
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • 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.

Description

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)