Crematogaster santschii

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Crematogaster santschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. santschii
Binomial name
Crematogaster santschii
Forel, 1913

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 27.4124° to -29.331105°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0193640. Photographer Bonnie Blaimer, uploaded by Curator Bonnie Blaimer. Owned by BBBC, Bonnie B. Blaimer Collection.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • santschii. Crematogaster santschii Forel, 1913b: 322 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Kasai, Kondué (Luja).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 858;
    • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1913h: 352; Arnold, 1920a: 540; Emery, 1922e: 148; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 858; Santschi, 1930a: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus clymene.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 148, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 322, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 858, Combination in C. (Oxygyne))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Blaimer B. B. 2012. Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 37: 240-260
  • Blaimer, B.. "Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Systematic Entomology 37 (2012): 240-260.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection