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Crematogaster afghanica
| Crematogaster afghanica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. afghanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster afghanica Pisarski, 1967
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Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a parkland in a moderate rainfall area.
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan (type locality), Iran.
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. |
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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
   
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- afghanica. Crematogaster afghanica Pisarski, 1967: 389, figs. 23-25 (w.) AFGHANISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 121 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Afghanistan: Sang-Novichtéch (A400), Kabul, 3.iv.1958 (K. Lindberg); paratypes: 48 workers with same data, 14 workers Afghanistan: Kabul (A400), Mt Cher Dervazéh, 20.ix.1957 (K. Lindberg), 19 workers Afghanistan: Paghman (A257), 2225 m., 16.vii.1957 (K. Lindberg), 9 workers Afghanistan: Qal’éh Lakou (A414), nr Kabul Valley, 7.vii.1957 (K. Lindberg), 7 workers Afghanistan: Kaméh Zevah (A429), nr Ibrahim Khel, S Djelalabad, 23.i.1958 (K. Lindberg), 23 workers Afghanistan: Kouh Chigui (A439), Laghman, 45 km. NE Djelalabad, 1370 m., 31.i.1958 (K. Lindberg), 1 worker Afghanistan: Tangi Gharuh, Kabul River, 1600 m., 21.x.1952 (J. Klapperich).
- Type-depositories: ZMLS (holotype); HNHM, MIZW, ZMLS (paratypes).
- Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Pisarski, 1970: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 146.
- Distribution: Afghanistan.
Taxonomic Notes
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018): Type location Afghanistan, FOCOL1798-1. A comparison of the type images strongly suggest that C. afghanica may be a simple junior synonym of Crematogaster auberti. Pisarski (1967) did not mention C. auberti apparently basing his separation on a comparison with Crematogaster sorokini. That also, however, seems almost indistinguishable from C. auberti and was described originally as a variety of C. auberti.
Description
References
- Mohseni, M.R., Mikheyev, A. 2023. A new species of Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran with an identification key to Iranian Crematogaster species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 16(4), 484–492 (doi:10.1016/j.japb.2023.08.005).
- Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).
- Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425 (page 389, figs. 23-25 worker described)
- Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).