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Crematogaster formosa
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster formosa Mayr, 1870
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 25.5833° to 9.5333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico (type locality).
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.
- formosa. Crematogaster formosa Mayr, 1870b: 994 (w.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 184), 13 paralectotype workers.
- Type-locality: lectotype Mexico: (no further data) (Bilimek or Sichel); paralectotypes with same data.
- [Notes (i): the original description implies two separate collections, one by Bilimek, the other by Sichel; (ii) Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 184, do not cite the collector’s name for the lectotype.]
- Type-depositories: MCZC (lectotype); MCZC, NHMW (paralectotypes).
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Forel, 1899c: 81; Emery, 1922e: 135; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 181 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of aterrima: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 181.
- Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico.
- aterrima. Crematogaster formosa var. aterrima Wheeler, W.M. 1909b: 234 (w.m.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (number not stated, “numerous specimens”).
- Type-locality: Mexico: Jalapa (F. Silvestri).
- Type-depositories: LACM, MCZC.
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
- Subspecies of formosa: Emery, 1922e: 135; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
- Junior synonym of formosa: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 181.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 135, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
- Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 20: 939-996 (page 994, worker described)
- Morgan, C.E., Mackay, W.P. 2017. The North American Acrobat Ants of the hyperdiverse genus Crematogaster (Hymneoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing (PDF version, 532 pp.)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Blaimer B. B. 2012. Acrobat ants go global Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 421-436.
- Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Koptur, S., M. Palacios-Rios, C. Diaz-Castelazo, W. P. Mackay, and V. Rico-Gray. 2013. Nectar secretion on fern fronds associated with lower levels of herbivore damage: field experiments with a widespread epiphyte of Mexican cloud forest remnants. Annals of Botany 111: 1277-1283.
- Longino, J.T. 2010. Personal Communication. Longino Collection Database
- Philpott, S. M. 2006. Ant patchiness: a spatially quantitative test in coffee agroecosystems. Naturwissenschaften 93: 386-392.
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133