Crematogaster concava

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Crematogaster concava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. concava
Binomial name
Crematogaster concava
Emery, 1899

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Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster kneri group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 49.78306° to -5.666666667°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Kenya, Sierra Leone.

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.

  • concava. Crematogaster concava Emery, 1899e: 480 (w.q.) CAMEROON, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SIERRA LEONE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): Kinshasa, Popocabacca (no collector’s name) (by restriction of Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846).
    • [Note: other syntype localities: workers, queen(s) Cameroon (no further data), queen(s) Sierra Leone (no further data). The Sierra Leone queen(s) excluded from the series by Forel, 1913b: 325, and transferred to luciae.]
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Misspelled as concave by Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.]
    • Santschi, 1910c: 375 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1910c: 375; Forel, 1915c: 338; Forel, 1916: 404; Stitz, 1916: 384; Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 155, 846; Karavaiev, 1931d: 46; Menozzi, 1933a: 103; Santschi, 1935a: 260; Menozzi, 1942: 167; Eidmann, 1944: 469; Bolton, 1995b: 150; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Uganda.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Emery C. 1899. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 459-504.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • Menozzi C. 1932. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [part]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 56: 93-112.
  • Menozzi C. 1942. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140: 164-182.
  • Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.
  • Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
  • Santschi F. 1935. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 27: 254-285.
  • Stitz H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1: 369-405.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004