Crematogaster bequaerti

Crematogaster bequaerti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. bequaerti
Binomial name
Crematogaster bequaerti Forel, 1913 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster bequaerti atraplex Santschi, 1922 Crematogaster bequaerti gerardi Santschi, 1915 Crematogaster bequaerti ludia Forel, 1913 Crematogaster bequaerti modica Santschi, 1926 Crematogaster bequaerti mutabilis Santschi, 1914 Crematogaster bequaerti semiclara Santschi, 1928

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster kneri group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Guinea.

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 associate (details unknown) for the fungus Pseudogibellula formicarum (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
• This species is a associate (details unknown) for the fungus Sporothrix insectorum (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
• This species is a host for the fungus Akanthomyces gracilis (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
• This species is a host for the fungus Ophiocordyceps myrmicarum (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
• This species is a host for the fungus Stilbella buquetti var. formicarum (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Nomenclature

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

• bequaerti. Crematogaster bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 319 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Sankisia (J. Bequaert).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, MRAC.
  • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 152; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 155, 845; Santschi, 1937a: 56 (in key); Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bernard, 1953b: 233; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus atraplex, gerardi, ludia, modica, mutabilis, semiclara.

References

• Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 319, worker, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1918d. Sous-genres et synoymies [sic] de Cremastogaster (Hym. Formic.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1918: 182-185 (page 182, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B. 2022. Taxonomy in the phylogenomic era: species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships among North American ants of the Crematogaster scutellaris group (Formicidae: Hymenoptera), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(3): 893–937 (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab047).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3: 5-16.
• Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3: 5-16.
• Forel A. 1913. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels). 2: 306-351.
• Taylor B. 1979. Ants of the Nigerian Forest Zone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). III. Myrmicinae (Cardiocondylini to Meranoplini). Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Research Bulletin 6: 1-65.
• Taylor B., and S. F. Adedoyin. 1978. The abundance and interspecific relations of common ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on cocoa farms in western Nigeria. Bull. Ent. Res. 68: 105-121.