Crematogaster stigmata
Crematogaster stigmata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. stigmata |
Binomial name | |
Crematogaster stigmata Santschi, 1914 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Nigeria (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- stigmata. Crematogaster stigmata Santschi, 1914d: 344, fig. 15 (w.m.) NIGERIA.
- Type-material: 6 syntype workers, 7 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Nigeria: Olokemeji (F. Silvestri).
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also DEUN).
- Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 845;
- combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 149;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 149; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 845; Bolton, 1995b: 163.
- Distribution: Nigeria.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 149, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 344, fig. 15 worker, male 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 845, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
- Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004