Crematogaster vulcania

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

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• vulcania. Crematogaster vulcania Santschi, 1913a: 413 (diagnosis in key) (w.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Kenya (“Afr. or. angl.”): (no further data).
  • [Note: Santschi, 1914b: 94, gives type-locality as Kenya: Longonot Neck, 2140 m., st. no. 24, xii.1913 (no collector’s name; perhaps Alluaud & Jeannel).]
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Misspelled as vulcanica by Forel, 1913a: 124.]
  • Santschi, 1914b: 94 (w.q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 845;
  • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 149;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1916: 411 (in text).
  • Status as species: Forel, 1913a: 124; Santschi, 1914b: 94 (redescription); Emery, 1922e: 149; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 845; Karavaiev, 1931d: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 165; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 211.
  • Distribution: Kenya.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 149, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 411, Race of buchneri)
• Santschi, F. 1913a [1912]. Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1912: 411-414 (page 413, (diagnosis in key) worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 94, worker, queen, 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))
• 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, Revived status as species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Santschi F. 1913. Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912: 411-414.
• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.