Crematogaster gambiensis

Crematogaster gambiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. gambiensis
Binomial name
Crematogaster gambiensis André, 1889 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster gambiensis krantziana Forel, 1914 Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga Forel, 1907 Crematogaster gambiensis sejuncta Stitz, 1916 Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga Santschi, 1914
Synonyms
Crematogaster fulva Donisthorpe, 1945

Taylor et al. (2018) reports this species nesting in dead twigs and under bark on trees, including cocoa, as well as foraging on mango (Mangifera indica) and Isoberlinia doka.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.63333° to -0.317°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Gambia (type locality), Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, 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.

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 fulva. Worker. Specimen code casent0902057. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• gambiensis. Crematogaster gambiensis André, 1889: 228 (w.) GAMBIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Gambia: (no further data) (A. Mocquerys).
  • Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
  • Forel, 1913b: 324 (q.).
  • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Mayr, 1895: 137; Mayr, 1907a: 387; Forel, 1913b: 324; Santschi, 1914d: 346; Arnold, 1920a: 529; Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846; Viehmeyer, 1923: 88; Santschi, 1926b: 227; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Weber, 1943c: 310; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
  • Senior synonym of fulva: Bolton, 1995b: 153.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus krantziana, longiruga, sejuncta, transversiruga.
• fulva. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) fulva Donisthorpe, 1945d: 265 (w.) GHANA.
  • Type-material: 15 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): Ashanti, 11 mi. E Nkoranza (Ejura Road), 26.xii.1944, no. 1415 (H.E. Box).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Junior synonym of gambiensis: Bolton, 1995b: 153.

References

• André, E. 1889. Hyménoptères nouveaux appartenant au groupe des Formicides. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 8: 217-231 (page 228, worker described)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 153, Senior synonym of fulva)
• Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 26 (online 010), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1243767).
• Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 324, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 346, Senior synonym of longiruga)
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 227, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))
• Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).
• 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 846, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
• Delage-Darchen B. 1971. Contribution à l'étude écologique d'une savane de Côte d'Ivoire (Lamto). Les fourmis des strates herbacée et arborée. Biologia Gabonica 7: 461-496.
• Donisthorpe H. 1945. On a small collection of ants (Hym., Formicidae) from West Africa, associated with Coccidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)12: 265-273.
• Forel A. 1907. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 26: 129-144.
• Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
• Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
• Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
• Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
• 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.
• Taylor B. 1979. Ants of the Nigerian Forest Zone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). III. Myrmicinae (Cardiocondylini to Meranoplini). Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Research Bulletin 6: 1-65.
• Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.
• 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