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Crematogaster margaritae
| Crematogaster margaritae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. margaritae |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster margaritae Emery, 1895
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| Subspecies | |
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Crematogaster margaritae is known to nest in domatia of the ant-plant Chaetothyriales sp. (Rubiaceae) (Dejean et al., 2023).
Identification
A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -0.76902° to -0.76902°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Gambia.
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.
- margaritae. Crematogaster margaritae Emery, 1895h: 31 (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): Kiulu (no collector’s name) (received from Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Mayr, 1896: 243 (w.m.).
- Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Santschi, 1910c: 381.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1896: 243; Santschi, 1910c: 381; Emery, 1922e: 156; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 858; Bolton, 1995b: 157.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus brevarmata, cupida, lujae.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
References
- Dejean, A., Naskrecki, P., Faucher, C., Azémar, F., Tindo, M., Manzi, S., Gryta, H. 2023. An Old World leaf‐cutting, fungus‐growing ant: A case of convergent evolution. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9904 (doi:10.1002/ece3.9904).
- Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 64:15-56. (page 31, queen described)
- Mayr, G. 1896. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 5. Formiciden gesammelt von Herrn Yngve Sjöstedt. Entomol. Tidskr. 17: 225-252 (page 243, worker, male described)
- Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 381, Combination in C. (Oxygyne))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
- 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