Crematogaster tenuipilis

Crematogaster tenuipilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. tenuipilis
Binomial name
Crematogaster tenuipilis Santschi, 1937

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality), United Republic of Tanzania.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• tenuipilis. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) mimosae var. tenuipilis Santschi, 1937a: 55 (w.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: Kenya: (no further data), on Acacia dupanolobrum (received from Donisthorpe).
  • Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also BMNH).
  • Subspecies of mimosae: Bolton, 1995b: 164; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 211.
  • Status as species: Taylor & McGavin, 2020: 14.
  • Distribution: Kenya.

References

• Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 77: 47-66 (page 55, worker described)
• Taylor, B., McGavin, G. 2020. Ants found on acacia of the genus Vachellia. Belgian Journal of Entomology 99: 1-47.