Crematogaster ashmeadi

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Crematogaster ashmeadi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species group: scutellaris
Species: C. ashmeadi
Binomial name
Crematogaster ashmeadi
Mayr, 1886

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Synonyms

Cole (1983) studied the behavior of this ant in red mangroves occurring in southern Florida.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.671106° to 24.48472222°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Bahamas, Mexico.

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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Biology

Atchison & Lucky (2022) found that this species does not remove seeds.

Flight Period

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Life History Traits

  • Queen number: monogynous (Frumhoff & Ward, 1992)

Castes

Worker

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Worker. . Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0103765. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Male

Images from AntWeb

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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0103762. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • ashmeadi. Crematogaster ashmeadi Mayr, 1886d: 463 (w.m.) U.S.A. (Virginia, Florida, Georgia).
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 77), 36 paralectotype workers, 6 paralectotype males.
    • [Note: designated lectotype is from Virginia, not from the type-locality nominated by Creighton (Florida).]
    • Type-locality: U.S.A.: Florida (Ashmead), Florida (Pergande) (by restriction of Creighton, 1950a: 206).
    • [Note: other paralectotype localities: Virginia (Pergande), Georgia (Pergande).]
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 73 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 141;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Buren, 1968b: 92.
    • Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 262; Dalla Torre, 1893: 79; Emery, 1895c: 286; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 126; Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 482; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 564; Wheeler, W.M. 1913c: 115; Wheeler, W.M. 1919g: 111; Emery, 1922e: 141; Smith, M.R. 1930a: 4; Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 7; Enzmann, J. 1946c: 93; Creighton, 1950a: 206; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 808; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 125; Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Wilson, 1964b: 5; Buren, 1968b: 92 (in key); Kempf, 1972a: 81; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1377; Johnson, C. 1988: 315 (redescription); Deyrup, et al. 1989: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 148; Deyrup, 2003: 44; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 72; Deyrup, 2017: 60; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 71 (redescription).
    • Senior synonym of matura: Creighton, 1950a: 206; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 125; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1377; Bolton, 1995b: 148; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 71.
    • Distribution: Mexico, U.S.A.
  • matura. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) ashmeadi var. matura Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 8 (w.) U.S.A. (Florida).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: U.S.A.: Florida, nr Miami (W.M. Wheeler).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Subspecies of ashmeadi: Enzmann, J. 1946c: 93; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 808.
    • Junior synonym of ashmeadi: Creighton, 1950a: 206; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 125; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1377; Bolton, 1995b: 157; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 71.

Description

=Worker Morphology

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  • Caste: monomorphic

References

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