Crematogaster sanguinea atavista

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Crematogaster sanguinea atavista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. sanguinea
Subspecies: C. sanguinea atavista
Trinomial name
Crematogaster sanguinea atavista
Mann, 1920

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 20.35° to 19.996667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Cuba (type locality), Greater Antilles.

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.

  • atavista. Crematogaster sanguinea var. atavista Mann, 1920: 425 (w.) CUBA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Cuba: Yateras Dist., 1917-18 (W.M. Mann).
    • Type-depositories: AMNH, USNM.
    • Subspecies of sanguinea: Wheeler, W.M. 1937b: 449; Enzmann, J. 1946c: 93; Kempf, 1972a: 82; Alayo, 1974: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
    • Distribution: Cuba.

Description

References

  • Mann, W. M. 1920b. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 403-439 (page 425, worker described)