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Crematogaster stadelmanni
| Crematogaster stadelmanni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. stadelmanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895
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Identification
A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.810081° to -2.2225°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia (type locality).
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. |
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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
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0193573. Photographer Bonnie Blaimer, uploaded by Curator Bonnie Blaimer. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- stadelmanni. Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895: 140 (w.q.) LIBERIA.
- Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Liberia: (no further data).
- Type-depository: NHMW (perhaps in MNHU).
- [Note: Mayr says the material came from “Berliner Museum”, but does not indicate if it was returned there.]
- Delage-Darchen, 1972b: 259 (l.).
- Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Santschi, 1914d: 349; Forel, 1915c: 337;
- combination in C. (Nematocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1896: 242; Mayr, 1902: 294; Forel, 1911d: 369; Forel, 1911f: 277; Forel, 1913e: 670; Santschi, 1914d: 349; Forel, 1915c: 337; Forel, 1916: 411; Stitz, 1916: 383; Emery, 1922e: 158; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 160, 859; Bolton, 1995b: 163; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 211.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus anguliceps, angustata, dolichocephala, gracilenta, intermedia, ovinodis, schereri, spissata.
Description
References
- Delage-Darchen, B. 1972b. Le polymorphisme larvaire chez les fourmis Nematocrema d'Afrique. Insectes Soc. 19: 259-277 (page 259, larva described)
- Forel, A. 1915c. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 335-364 (page 337, Combination in C. (Oxygyne))
- Mayr, G. 1895. Afrikanische Formiciden. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 10: 124-154 (page 140, worker, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1918d. Sous-genres et synoymies [sic] de Cremastogaster (Hym. Formic.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1918: 182-185 (page 182, Combination in C. (Nematocrema))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Blaimer B. B. 2012. Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 37: 240-260
- Blaimer, B.. "Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Systematic Entomology 37 (2012): 240-260.
- Dejean A., F. Azemar, R. Cereghino, M. Leponce, B. Corbara, J. Orivel, and A. Compin. 2015. The dynamics of ant mosaics in tropical rainforests characterized using the SelfOrganizing Map algorithm. Insect Science doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12208
- Forel A. 1915. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles. 50: 335-364.
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
- Hita Garcia, F., G. Fischer, M.K. Peters, R.R. Snelling and H.W. Wagele. 2009. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Journal of East African Natural HIstory 98(2): 147-165.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
- Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
- 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