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Crematogaster wellmani luciae
| Crematogaster wellmani luciae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. wellmani |
| Subspecies: | C. wellmani luciae |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster wellmani luciae Forel, 1913 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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. |
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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.
- luciae. Crematogaster (Atopogyne) luciae Forel, 1913b: 325 (q.) SIERRA LEONE.
- Type-material: holotype (?) queen.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Sierra Leone (no further data) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 857; no lectotype designated).
- [Notes (i): this taxon is based on queens originally described as C. concava Emery, 1899e: 482, from three localities; one in Cameroon, one in Democratic Republic of Congo, one in Sierra Leone; (ii) Forel’s 1913b: 325, statement implies that all queens were transferred to luciae, but as the first two were accompanied by workers (and described as concava), only the Sierra Leone isolate remains to constitute type-material of luciae.]
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Emery, 1922e: 153.
- Status as species: Forel, 1913e: 668; Forel, 1913h: 353; Forel, 1916: 411; Emery, 1922e: 153.
- Subspecies of wellmani: Santschi, 1916b: 500; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 857; Santschi, 1925h: 162; Santschi, 1926b: 218; Santschi, 1930b: 55; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
- Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 153, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 325, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1916b [1915]. Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 497-513 (page 500, Variety of wellmani)
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 218, Variety of wellmani)