Crematogaster emmae laticeps

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Crematogaster emmae laticeps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster ranavalonae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster emmae laticeps
Forel, 1892

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster ranavalonae.

Nomenclature

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

  • laticeps. Crematogaster emmae var. laticeps Forel, 1892k: 529 (q.), :534 (w.), :535 (m.) (diagnoses in keys) MADAGASCAR. Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Emery, 1922e: 156. Junior synonym of ranavalonae: Blaimer, 2012: 249.

References

  • Blaimer, B.B. 2012. Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 37:240-260.
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 156, Combination in C. (Oxygyne))
  • Forel, A. 1892l. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 36: 516-535 (page 529, 534, queen, worker, male described (diagnosis in keys))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)