Crematogaster liengmei

Crematogaster liengmei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. liengmei
Binomial name
	Crematogaster liengmei; Forel, 1894 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Crematogaster liengmei caculata Forel, 1915; Crematogaster liengmei weitzeckeri Emery, 1895;

Identification

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

Keys including this Species

Key to Crematogaster hova-group workers of Madagascar

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.23333° to -34.37083°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Mozambique (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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

liengmei. Crematogaster gallicola var. liengmei Forel, 1894b: 96 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Mozambique: Delagoa (Liengme).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Decacrema): Forel, 1910a: 18; Forel, 1910f: 9.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1895: 135; Forel, 1910e: 436; Santschi, 1914e: 21; Arnold, 1920a: 548; Emery, 1922e: 138; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 860; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
- Distribution: Mozambique, South Africa.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus weitzeckeri.

Description

References

Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 548, Raised to species)
Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 64-100. (page 96, worker described)
Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32 (page 18, Combination in C. (Decacrema))
Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschr. M (page 9, Combination in C. (Decacrema))
Mayr, G. 1895. Afrikanische Formiciden. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 10: 124-154 (page 135, Raised to species)
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 860, Raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
Koen J. H., and W. Breytenbach. 1988. Ant species richness of fynbos and forest ecosystems in the Southern Cape. South Afr. Tydskr. Dierk. 23(3): 184-188.
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. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004