Crematogaster bouvardi

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Crematogaster bouvardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. bouvardi
Binomial name
Crematogaster bouvardi
Santschi, 1920

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Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Crematogaster bouvardi.

Identification

Hosoishi and Ogata (2012) - One of a number of Asian species with an undeveloped occipital carina and a generally 2-segmented antennal club. Crematogaster bouvardi can be distinguished from this group of species by its distinct deep metanotal groove.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

This species is known from South Vietnam and North Thailand.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 15.145662° to 14.9°.

 
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Subtropical
Tropical South
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Laos, Vietnam (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.

  • bouvardi. Crematogaster walshi st. bouvardi Santschi, 1920h: 160 (w.q.) VIETNAM.
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Hosoishi & Ogata, 2012: 22), 5 paralectotype workers.
    • [Note: original syntype series also contained one or more queens, now also paralectotypes.]
    • Type-locality: lectotype Vietnam (“Cochinchine”): Lang Bian (Bouvard); paralectotypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 98.]
    • [Misspelled as bourvardi by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 100.]
    • Subspecies of walshi: Santschi, 1924c: 98; Santschi, 1925f: 91; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
    • Status as species: Hosoishi & Ogata, 2012: 22 (redescription); Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 34; Khachonpisitsak, et al. 2020: 86.
    • Distribution: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Hosoishi and Ogata (2012) - HW 0.76-0.85; HL 0.76-0.8; CI 99-106; SL 0.51-0.57; SI 65-75; EL 0.14; PW 0.43-0.45; WL 0.79-0.86; PSL 0.07-0.08; PtL 0.21-0.26; PtW 0.23; PtH 0.13-0.14; PpL 0.13-0.14; PpW 0.19-0.21; PtHI 50-62; PtWI 88-110; PpWI 143-169; WI 83-96 (Lectotype and two paralectotype workers and one non-type worker measured).

Compound eyes not projecting from lateral margin of head, the outer margin of eye almost flush with head capsule in full face view. Scape not reaching posterior corner of head, the scape with standing setae.

Anterior margin of pronotal collar almost straight in dorsal view. Metanotal groove deep and distinct with longitudinal rugulae. Propodeal spines as long as the diameter of propodeal spiracles. Anterior margin of metapleural gland bulla not reaching anterior margin of propodeal spiracle.

Petiole in dorsal view broader anteriorly than posteriorly. Postpetiole weakly bilobed, but without distinct longitudinal median sulcus. Subpetiolar and subpostpetiolar processes undeveloped.

Malar region near clypeal margin of head with rugulae. Clypeus relatively smooth and shining, but with feeble rugulae. Dorsal face of mesosoma almost smooth and shining. Dorsolateral face of pronotum with feeble rugulae in dorsal view. Lateral surface of pronotum smooth and shining. Higher and lower portions of mesopleuron weakly sculptured.

Standing setae abundant. Dorsal face of head, clypeus and mesosoma with standing setae. Fourth abdominal tergite with sparse standing setae.

Type Material

Hosoishi and Ogata (2012) - LECTOTYPE worker (bottom and tip specimen of six on one pin) (by present designation) and five paralectotype workers from VIETNAM: Lang Bian, Cochinchine [South Vietnam] (Bouvard) (Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel) [examined].

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Hosoishi S., K. Ogata. 2012. Revision of the Crematogaster brevis complex in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3349: 18-30.
  • Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.
  • Santschi F. 1920. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60: 158-176.