Crematogaster modiglianii

Crematogaster modiglianii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. modiglianii
Binomial name
Crematogaster modiglianii Emery, 1900 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Crematogaster modiglianii anamita Santschi, 1925 Crematogaster modiglianii anoemica Santschi, 1925 Crematogaster modiglianii clemensae Forel, 1910 Crematogaster modiglianii sarawakana Forel, 1911 Crematogaster modiglianii surbeki Santschi, 1925

This species shares a common nest with Camponotus rufifemur in southeast Asian rainforests.

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster inflata species-group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.752698° to -2.183333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia (type locality), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore.
Oriental Region: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.

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.

Biology

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While this species is known to nest in ant gardens it does not seem to be a true ant-garden taxon (i.e., one that is able to initiate ant gardens or is restricted to ant gardens) and is more likely to be a secondary resident or opportunistic ant-garden nester (but see Campbell et al., 2022; Menzel & Blüthgen, 2010).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0193575. Photographer Bonnie Blaimer, uploaded by Curator Bonnie Blaimer.	Owned by BBBC, Bonnie B. Blaimer Collection.

Syntype of Crematogaster modiglianii. Worker. Specimen code casent0904531. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Syntype of Crematogaster modiglianii clemensae. Worker. Specimen code casent0908635. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Crematogaster modiglianii sarawakana. Worker. Specimen code casent0908636. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Crematogaster modiglianii anamita. Worker. Specimen code casent0912787. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Syntype of Crematogaster modiglianii anoemica. Worker. Specimen code casent0912788. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Syntype of Crematogaster modiglianii surbeki. Worker. Specimen code casent0912789. 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.

• modiglianii. Crematogaster modiglianii Emery, 1900d: 688 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra: Mentawei Is), BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sabah).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Mentawei Is, Sipora I., Si Oban (E. Modigliani) (by restriction of Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.]
  • [Note: other syntype locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sabah, Banguey (= Banggi I.) (E. Modigliani). This locality is not mentioned by Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.]
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in C. (Paracrema): Emery, 1922e: 156.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 683; Bingham, 1903: 144; Forel, 1912n: 57; Forel, 1915a: 28; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 72; Emery, 1922e: 156; Santschi, 1925f: 90; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 158; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 19; Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125 (redescription); Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 45; Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36; Khachonpisitsak, et al. 2020: 91.
  • Senior synonym of anamita: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
  • Senior synonym of anoemica: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
  • Senior synonym of clemensae: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
  • Senior synonym of sarawakana: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
  • Senior synonym of surbeki: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
  • Distribution: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak), Myanmar, Philippines (Mindanao), Thailand, Vietnam.
• anamita. Crematogaster (Paracrema) modiglianii var. anamita Santschi, 1925f: 90 (w.) MYANMAR (attributed to Forel).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Myanmar (“Burma”): Moulmam (= Mawlamyine) (Hodge (= Hodgson)).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Crematogaster modiglianii var. annamita Forel, 1903a: 680 (in key), 683 (in text). Nomen nudum (attributed to Emery).]
  • Subspecies of modiglianii: Bolton, 1995b: 147.
  • Junior synonym of modiglianii: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
• anoemica. Crematogaster (Paracrema) modiglianii var. anoemica Santschi, 1925f: 91 (w.) MYANMAR.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Myanmar (“Burma”): (no further data) (Bingham).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of modiglianii: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 147.
  • Junior synonym of modiglianii: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
• clemensae. Crematogaster modiglianii var. clemensae Forel, 1910d: 125 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Mindanao I.).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Philippines: Mindanao, Camp Keithley (M.S. Clemens).
  • Type-depositories MHNG, NHMB.
  • [Note: original description says the “type worker” was in the Bureau of Science, Manila, which was destroyed in World War II.]
  • Combination in C. (Paracrema): Emery, 1922e: 156.
  • Subspecies of modiglianii: Emery, 1922e: 156; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 101; Baltazar, 1966: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
  • Junior synonym of modiglianii: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
• sarawakana. Crematogaster modiglianii var. sarawakana Forel, 1911a: 25 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak (Haviland).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
  • Combination in C. (Paracrema): Emery, 1922e: 156.
  • Subspecies of modiglianii: Viehmeyer, 1916a: 122; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 73; Emery, 1922e: 156; Kutter, 1932: 207; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
  • Junior synonym of modiglianii: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.
• surbeki. Crematogaster (Paracrema) modiglianii var. surbeki Santschi, 1925f: 90 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”).
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Labouan Bilik (V. Surbek).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of modiglianii: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 163.
  • Junior synonym of modiglianii: Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010a: 125.

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