Crematogaster werneri

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Crematogaster werneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. werneri
Binomial name
Crematogaster werneri
Mayr, 1907

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Guinea, Uganda (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Crematogaster werneri pasitheaWorker. Specimen code casent0912729. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • werneri. Crematogaster werneri Mayr, 1907a: 388 (w.) UGANDA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Uganda: Gondokoro (F. Werner).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • 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 alulai: Emery, 1915g: 11.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 845; Emery, 1922e: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 165.
    • Distribution: Uganda.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus cacozela, pasithea.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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.