Crematogaster bulawayensis

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Crematogaster bulawayensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster gerstaeckeri oraclum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster bulawayensis
Santschi, 1916

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster gerstaeckeri oraclum.

Nomenclature

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

  • bulawayensis. Crematogaster bulawayensis Santschi, 1916b: 498 (w.) ZIMBABWE. [First available use of Crematogaster buchneri r. africana var. bulawayensis Forel, 1913a: 125; unavailable name.] Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 854; in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148. Subspecies of sjostedti: Santschi, 1918d: 185; Emery, 1922e: 148; Santschi, 1926b: 214; of gerstaeckeri: Santschi, 1930b: 69. Raised to species: Arnold, 1920a: 521; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 854. Senior synonym of foraminicipoides: Santschi, 1926b: 214. Synonym of oraclum: Arnold, 1920a: 521 [Arnold gives bulawayensis as senior name but oraclum has seniority and hence is first available name for this taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 159].

References

  • Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 521, Raised to species)
  • Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 521, Synonym of oraclum)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 148, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 148, Subspecies of sjostedti)
  • Santschi, F. 1916b [1915]. Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 497-513 (page 498, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1918d. Sous-genres et synoymies [sic] de Cremastogaster (Hym. Formic.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1918: 182-185 (page 185, Subspecies of sjostedti)
  • Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 214, Subspecies of sjostedti)
  • Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 214, Senior synonym of foraminicipoides)
  • Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Rev. Suisse Zool. 37: 53-81 (page 69, Subspecies of gerstaeckeri)
  • 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 854, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))
  • 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 854, Raised to species)