Crematogaster depressa

Crematogaster depressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. depressa
Binomial name
Crematogaster depressa (Latreille, 1802) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster depressa adultera Santschi, 1915 Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis Emery, 1899
Synonyms
Crematogaster buchneri foreli Mayr, 1895 Crematogaster mandibularis André, 1889 Formica platygnatha Roger, 1863

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.15° to -5.875°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Guinea (type locality), Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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

Association with Other Organisms

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This species is a host for the eulophid wasp Pediobius acraconae (a parasite) (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) (associate).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Crematogaster buchneri foreli. Worker. Specimen code casent0902072. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Syntype of Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis. Worker. Specimen code casent0904471. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Syntype of Crematogaster depressa adultera. Worker. Specimen code casent0912627. Photographer Z. Lieberman, 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.

• depressa. Formica depressa Latreille, 1802c: 268, pl. 11, fig. 73 (q.) GUINEA.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Guinea: (no further data) (Beauvois).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Forel, 1910f: 5 (m.).
  • Combination in Crematogaster: Emery, 1892b: 164;
  • combination in C. (Oxygyne): Forel, 1901e: 375;
  • combination in C. (Atopogyne): Forel, 1911d: 343; Santschi, 1918d: 183.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Mayr, 1895: 144; Emery, 1899e: 478; Forel, 1910f: 5; Santschi, 1914d: 351; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 159, 855; Santschi, 1937b: 99; Weber, 1943c: 310; Bernard, 1953b: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
  • Senior synonym of foreli: Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
  • Senior synonym of mandibularis: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
  • Senior synonym of platygnatha: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
  • Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus adultera, fuscipennis.
• foreli. Crematogaster buchneri subsp. foreli Mayr, 1895: 138 (w.) “West Africa”.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Slave Coast (“Sclavenküste”): (no further data).
  • [Note: “Slave Coast” extended from the Volta River mouth (Ghana) to Lagos (Nigeria).]
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Santschi, 1916b: 501.
  • Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1909b: 53; Santschi, 1928d: 68.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1918d: 183.
  • Subspecies of depressa: Santschi, 1914d: 351; Santschi, 1933b: 100.
  • Junior synonym of depressa: Emery, 1899e: 478; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Emery, 1922e: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
• mandibularis. Crematogaster mandibularis André, 1889: 229 (q.) SIERRA LEONE.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (A. Mocquerys).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Junior synonym of platygnatha: André, 1890: 323.
  • Junior synonym of depressa: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 157.
• platygnatha. Formica platygnatha Roger, 1863a: 168 (q.) SIERRA LEONE.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Sierra Leone (no further data).
  • Type-depository: unknown (perhaps MNHU ).
  • Combination in Crematogaster: André, 1890: 323.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 419.
  • Junior synonym of depressa: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 160.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 151, Senior synonym of foreli)
• Emery, C. 1892c [1891]. Note sinonimiche sulle formiche. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 23: 159-167 (page 164, Combination in Crematogaster)
• Emery, C. 1892c [1891]. Note sinonimiche sulle formiche. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 23: 159-167 (page 164, Senior synonym of platygnatha (and its junior synonym mandibularis))
• Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 375, Combination in C. (Oxygyne))
• Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschr. M (page 5, male described)
• Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 343, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))
• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp.
• Mbenoun Masse, P.S., Ebolo, G.L.M., Titti, G.E., Mony, R. (2021) Ant species richness, abundance and functional groups along an elevation gradient in Central Cameroon Biodiversity Journal, 2021, 12 1.: 179–194. Biodiversity Journal 12, 179–194 (doi:10.31396/biodiv.jour.2021.12.1.179.194).
• Santschi, F. 1918d. Sous-genres et synoymies [sic] de Cremastogaster (Hym. Formic.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1918: 182-185 (page 183, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))

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