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Crematogaster buchneri
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. buchneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster buchneri Forel, 1894
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Defoliating activities have been observed in the African species Crematogaster buchneri, Crematogaster africana (Eguagie, 1973; Taylor, 2015) and Crematogaster wellmani (Bruno de Miré, 1969), whose workers attack the leaves, buds and flowers of several plants (Dejean et al., 2023).
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.15° to -2.716666667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Ghana, Nigeria.
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
Association with Other Organisms
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This species is a host for the milichiid fly Milichia dectes (a myrmecophile) (Wild & Brake, 2009).
Castes
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| Syntype of Crematogaster halli. Worker. Specimen code casent0902075. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0902076. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster buchneri winkleri transversiruginota. Worker. Specimen code casent0904473. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
   
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| Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster buchneri winkleri fickendeyi. Worker. Specimen code casent0904474. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
   
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| Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster buchneri winkleri fickendeyi. Worker. Specimen code casent0908623. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Crematogaster buchneri winkleri transversiruginota. Worker. Specimen code casent0908624. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Crematogaster buchneri. Worker. Specimen code casent0908626. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Crematogaster buchneri graeteri. Worker. Specimen code casent0908627. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Crematogaster buchneri composita. Worker. Specimen code casent0912626. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
  
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| Specimen code casent0915372. . | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- buchneri. Crematogaster buchneri Forel, 1894b: 94 (w.) ANGOLA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Angola: Benguela (M. Buchner).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Emery, 1899e: 479 (q.).
- Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Santschi, 1916b: 501.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1895: 136 (in key); Mayr, 1896: 242; Emery, 1899e: 479; Forel, 1913e: 669; Arnold, 1920a: 520; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 853; Menozzi, 1926a: 39; Santschi, 1930b: 55; Santschi, 1933b: 101; Santschi, 1937d: 227; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
- Senior synonym of halli: Bolton, 1995b: 149.
- Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus composita, graeteri, uasina.
- halli. Crematogaster (Atopogyne) halli Donisthorpe, 1945d: 268 (w.) GHANA.
- Type-material: 24 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): Bunsu, 1.i.1945, nos H.1426A, H.1426B (H.E. Box).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Junior synonym of buchneri: Bolton, 1995b: 154.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 149, Senior synonym of halli)
- Dejean, A., Naskrecki, P., Faucher, C., Azémar, F., Tindo, M., Manzi, S., Gryta, H. 2023. An Old World leaf‐cutting, fungus‐growing ant: A case of convergent evolution. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9904 (doi:10.1002/ece3.9904).
- Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 479, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 64-100. (page 94, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1916b [1915]. Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 497-513 (page 501, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))
- Wild, A.L., Brake, I. 2009. Field observations on Milichia patrizii ant-mugging flies (Diptera: Milichiidae: Milichiinae) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Invertebrates 50: 205-212.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dejean A., F. Azemar, R. Cereghino, M. Leponce, B. Corbara, J. Orivel, and A. Compin. 2015. The dynamics of ant mosaics in tropical rainforests characterized using the SelfOrganizing Map algorithm. Insect Science doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12208
- Emery C. 1899. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 459-504.
- Majer J. D. 1976. The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms: further structural considerations. Journal of Applied Ecology 13: 145-155.
- Majer J. D. 1976. The influence of ants and ant manipulation on the cocoa farm fauna. The journal of Applied Ecology 13(1): 157-175.
- Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
- Menozzi C. 1926. Formiche dell'Africa centrale. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 58: 36-41.
- Santschi F. 1933. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 73: 95-108.
- 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. 1979. Ants of the Nigerian Forest Zone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). III. Myrmicinae (Cardiocondylini to Meranoplini). Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Research Bulletin 6: 1-65.
- 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