Crematogaster excisa

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Crematogaster excisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. excisa
Binomial name
Crematogaster excisa
Mayr, 1895

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

This arboreal species nests in hollow branches, in dead wood and under bark. It is known to be commensal with Oecophylla longinoda (Taylor et al., 2018).

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster castanea group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.73503° to -60°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Congo (type locality), Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster excisa andrei gordonensisWorker. Specimen code casent0908523. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster excisa andrei thaisWorker. Specimen code casent0908524. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster excisa coelestis dirceWorker. Specimen code casent0908530. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster excisa impressa euphrosyneWorker. Specimen code casent0912658. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Crematogaster excisa bomaellaWorker. Specimen code casent0912668. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster excisa impressa aglaeaWorker. Specimen code casent0912681. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster excisa impressa euphrosyneWorker. Specimen code casent0912682. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Crematogaster excisa lacustrisWorker. Specimen code casent0915373. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • excisa. Crematogaster excisa Mayr, 1895: 139 (w.) CONGO, SIERRA LEONE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Congo: Loango (H. Brauns) (by restriction of Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836).
    • [Note: other syntype locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (Staudinger).]
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836;
    • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1916: 411 (in text).
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 99; Stitz, 1916: 385; Arnold, 1920a: 501; Emery, 1922e: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 153, 836; Santschi, 1935a: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
    • Distribution: Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus bomaella, cavinota, lacustris.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Arnold G. 1920. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 403-578.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • Santschi F. 1913. Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912: 411-414.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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