Crematogaster impressa

Crematogaster impressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. impressa
Binomial name
Crematogaster impressa Emery, 1899 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster impressa brazzai Santschi, 1910 Crematogaster impressa maynei Forel, 1913 Crematogaster impressa sapora Forel, 1916
Synonyms
Crematogaster excisa andrei Forel, 1911

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 5.5° to 3.73333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• impressa. Crematogaster impressa Emery, 1899e: 486 (w.q.) CAMEROON, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, IVORY COAST.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Cameroon: (no further data) (L. Conradt) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 837; no lectotype designated), Democratic Republic of Congo (“Bas Congo”): (no further data) (Seeldrayers), Ivory Coast: Bassam (Bonhoure).
  • Type-depository: MSNG (perhaps also MRHN).
  • Forel, 1916: 408 (m.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1916: 411 (in text).
  • Subspecies of excisa: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 153, 837.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1909b: 59, 69; Santschi, 1910c: 373; Forel, 1911e: 270; Santschi, 1913a: 412 (in key); Forel, 1913h: 353; Forel, 1916: 408; Emery, 1922e: 147; Menozzi, 1933a: 103; Santschi, 1935a: 257; Santschi, 1937b: 98; Menozzi, 1942: 167; Eidmann, 1944: 445; Bernard, 1953b: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 154.
  • Senior synonym of andrei: Santschi, 1937b: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 154.
  • Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Niger, Uganda.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus brazzai, maynei, sapora.
• andrei. Crematogaster excisa subsp. andrei Forel, 1911f: 277 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo: Congo da Lemba (R. Mayné) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836; no lectotype designated), Congo: (no further data) (André).
  • Type-depository: MRAC (perhaps also MHNG).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147.
  • Subspecies of excisa: Forel, 1913a: 126; Forel, 1914d: 236; Forel, 1915c: 341; Forel, 1916: 409; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 153, 836; Emery, 1922e: 147; Santschi, 1928d: 63.
  • Subspecies of impressa: Santschi, 1913a: 412 (in key); Santschi, 1935a: 257.
  • Junior synonym of impressa: Santschi, 1937b: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 147.

References

• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 486, worker, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Revived status as species)
• 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 408, male 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 411, Race/subspecies of buchneri)
• MacGown, J.A., Booher, D., Richter, H., Wetterer, J.K., Hill, J.G. 2021. An updated list of ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with new state records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 147: 961-981 (doi:10.3157/061.147.0409).
• Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 27: 254-285 (page 257, Revived status as species)
• Santschi, F. 1937b. Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 17: 93-104 (page 98, Senior synonym of andrei)
• 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. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 153, Race/subspecies of excisa)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
• 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.
• Dejean A., F. Azemar, R. Cereghino, M. Leponce, B. Corbara, J. Orivel, and A. Compin. 2015. The dynamics of ant mosaics in tropical rainforests characterized using the SelfOrganizing Map algorithm. Insect Science doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12208
• 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.
• Delage-Darchen B. 1974. Ecologie et biologie de Crematogaster impressa Emery, fourmi savanicole d'Afrique. Insectes Sociaux 21(1): 13-34.
• Eidmann H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 76: 413-490.
• Emery C. 1899. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 459-504.
• Forel A. 1914. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Lévieux J. 1977. La nutrition des fourmis tropicales: V- Elements de synthèse. Les modes d'exploitation de la biocenose. Insectes Sociaux 24(3): 235-260.
• 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.
• Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
• Santschi F. 1913. Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912: 411-414.
• Santschi F. 1935. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 27: 254-285.
• 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. 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