Crematogaster wilwerthi fauconneti

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Crematogaster wilwerthi fauconneti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. wilwerthi
Subspecies: C. wilwerthi fauconneti
Trinomial name
Crematogaster wilwerthi fauconneti
Forel, 1910

Identification

Distribution

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fauconneti. Crematogaster wilwerthi var. fauconneti Forel, 1910e: 434 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Haut Congo”): Nyagwe to Stanleyville (= Kisangani) (Fauconnet).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 849.
    • Subspecies of wilwerthi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 849; Emery, 1922e: 153; Santschi, 1926b: 228; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 421-458 (page 434, 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 849, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))