Crematogaster ensifera

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Crematogaster ensifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. ensifera
Binomial name
Crematogaster ensifera
Forel, 1910

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Specimen labels

Identification

Blaimer (2010, 2012c) - A member of the Crematogaster hova group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

Crematogaster ensifera casent0101790 head 1.jpgCrematogaster ensifera casent0101790 profile 1.jpgCrematogaster ensifera casent0101790 dorsal 1.jpgCrematogaster ensifera casent0101790 label 1.jpg
Lectotype of Crematogaster ensiferaWorker. Specimen code casent0101790. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Type of Crematogaster ensiferaWorker. Specimen code casent0104587. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ZMHB, Berlin, Germany.

Nomenclature

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

  • ensifera. Crematogaster (Decacrema) ensifera Forel, 1910a: 18 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Blaimer, 2010: 17), paralectotype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: lectotype Madagascar: eastern Madagascar, virgin forest, Sahana (no collector’s name); paralectotypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 138; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1025; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
    • Member of hova complex: Blaimer, 2010: 17.
    • Distribution: Madgascar.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32 (page 18, worker described)
  • 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)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
  • 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. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055