Crematogaster painei

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Crematogaster painei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. painei
Binomial name
Crematogaster painei
Donisthorpe, 1945

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Specimen Labels

Probably the commonest member of the subgenus and often found in association with Oecophylla longinoda, it nests in dead branch ends and crevices or rot holes on living trees. It tends stictococcids and constructs discrete carton tents. Also found on native shrubs and trees, and on cashew, coffee, mango and kola, as well as Anacardium occidentale and Terminalia laxiflora (Taylor et al., 2018).

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Ghana (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

Nomenclature

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

  • painei. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) painei Donisthorpe, 1945d: 267 (w.) GHANA.
    • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): Koransang, 6.i.1945, no. H.1431 (J. Paine).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 159.
    • Distribution: Ghana.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.