Crematogaster coelestis

Crematogaster coelestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. coelestis
Binomial name
Crematogaster coelestis Santschi, 1911 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster coelestis mercatori Santschi, 1939

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Guinea (type locality), Senegal.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Crematogaster coelestis mercatori. Worker. Specimen code casent0912663. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• coelestis. Crematogaster coelestis Santschi, 1911c: 353 (w.) SENEGAL.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Senegal: Casamance, 1910 (Clavaux).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Subspecies of excisa: Forel, 1915c: 342 (in text); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 837.
  • Subspecies of gallicola: Emery, 1922e: 147.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1913b: 324; Santschi, 1914d: 346; Santschi, 1939f: 162; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Senegal.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus mercatori.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Subspecies/race of gallicola)
• Forel, A. 1915c. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 335-364 (page 342, Subspecies/race of excisa)
• Santschi, F. 1911c [1910]. Nouvelle fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 79: 351-369 (page 353, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1939f. Résultats scientifiques des croisières du navire-école belge, "Mercator". XIV. Formicidae s. lt. Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. (2) 15: 159-167 (page 162, Revived status as species)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. 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. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 837, Subspecies/race of excisa)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Diame L., B. Taylor, R. Blatrix, J. F. Vayssieres, J. Y. Rey, I. Grechi, and K. Diarra. 2017. A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of Senegal. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 5(15): 1-16.
• Forel A. 1913. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels). 2: 306-351.
• 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.
• 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