Crematogaster voeltzkowi

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Crematogaster voeltzkowi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster rasoherinae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster voeltzkowi
Forel, 1907

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

Nomenclature

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

  • voeltzkowi. Crematogaster voeltzkowi Forel, 1907g: 78 (w.) COMORO IS. Combination in C. (Neocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182 (misspelled as woelzkowi); in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1024; in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 131. Junior synonym of rasoherinae: Blaimer, 2012: 38.

References

  • Blaimer, B.B. 2012. Taxonomy and species-groups of the subgenus Crematogaster (Orthocrema) in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys, 199, 23-70.
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 131, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
  • Fisher, B. L. 1997a. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 31: 269-302 (see also)
  • Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wiss. Ergeb. Reise Ostafr. 2: 75-92 (page 78, worker 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. (Neocrema))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (page 1024, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))