Crematogaster castanea

Crematogaster castanea is a species of ant in tribe Crematogastrini.[1] It was described by Smith in 1858.[1]

Red cocktail ant
Worker with treehopper nymph
A colony's arboreal carton nest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Crematogaster
Species:
C. castanea
Binomial name
Crematogaster castanea
F.Smith, 1858

Subspecies

There are 20 named subspecies:

  • C. c. adusta
  • C. c. analis
  • C. c. aquila
  • C. c. arborea
  • C. c. bruta
  • C. c. busschodtsi
  • C. c. castanea
  • C. c. durbanensis
  • C. c. ferruginea
  • C. c. hararica
  • C. c. insidiosa
  • C. c. inversa
  • C. c. mediorufa
  • C. c. museisapientiae
  • C. c. rufimembrum
  • C. c. rufonigra
  • C. c. simia
  • C. c. tricolor
  • C. c. ulugurensis
  • C. c. yambatensis
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References

  1. "Crematogaster Lund, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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