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Crematogaster concava
| Crematogaster concava | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. concava |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster concava Emery, 1899
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Identification
A member of the Crematogaster kneri group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 49.78306° to -5.666666667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Kenya, Sierra Leone.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- concava. Crematogaster concava Emery, 1899e: 480 (w.q.) CAMEROON, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SIERRA LEONE.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): Kinshasa, Popocabacca (no collector’s name) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846; no lectotype designated), workers, queen(s) Cameroon (no further data), queen(s) Sierra Leone (no further data).
- [Note: the Sierra Leone queen(s) were excluded from the type-series by Forel, 1913b: 325, and transferred to luciae.]
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- [Misspelled as concave by Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.]
- Santschi, 1910c: 375 (m.).
- Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1910c: 375; Forel, 1915c: 338; Forel, 1916: 404; Stitz, 1916: 384; Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 155, 846; Karavaiev, 1931d: 46; Menozzi, 1933a: 103; Santschi, 1935a: 260; Menozzi, 1942: 167; Eidmann, 1944: 469; Bolton, 1995b: 150; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Uganda.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 480, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 404, male described)
- Mbenoun Masse, P.S., Ebolo, G.L.M., Titti, G.E., Mony, R. (2021) Ant species richness, abundance and functional groups along an elevation gradient in Central Cameroon Biodiversity Journal, 2021, 12 1.: 179–194. Biodiversity Journal 12, 179–194 (doi:10.31396/biodiv.jour.2021.12.1.179.194).
- Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 375, queen, male 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))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1899. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 459-504.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Menozzi C. 1932. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [part]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 56: 93-112.
- Menozzi C. 1942. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140: 164-182.
- Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.
- Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
- Santschi F. 1935. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 27: 254-285.
- Stitz H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1: 369-405.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
- 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