Crematogaster oasium

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Crematogaster oasium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. oasium
Binomial name
Crematogaster oasium
Santschi, 1911

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

This species seems to be common and widespread in northern Africa (Sharaf et al., 2019).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Sharaf et al. (2019): Crematogaster oasium was described from Tunisia and can be found from Morocco east to Egypt (Borowiec 2014; Guénard et al. 2017; Janicki et al. 2017). In the Arabian Peninsula, it was recorded from Kuwait, KSA, Oman, and UAE (Collingwood 1985, Collingwood and Agosti 1996; Collingwood et al. 2011; Borowiec 2014; Sharaf et al. 2018). Since we have not collected or examined any material from Arabia we list this provisionally as an Arabian species for the time being since it was listed by several authors.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 33.920556° to 22.783333°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Kuwait, Oman, Tunisia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • oasium. Crematogaster auberti st. oasium Santschi, 1911f: 84 (w.) TUNISIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Tunisia: Tozeur, 1909 (Aumont).
    • [Note: collector’s name is given as Dumont by Santschi, 1937e: 303.]
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Santschi, 1937e: 303 (q.); Bernard, 1953a: 156 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 142;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1912e: 662; Emery, 1922e: 142; Emery, 1926: 2.
    • Subspecies of antaris: Santschi, 1921d: 71.
    • Subspecies of auberti: Santschi, 1929c: 99; Santschi, 1932f: 517; Santschi, 1934f: 167; Donisthorpe, 1942a: 28; Donisthorpe, 1947e: 109.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1937e: 303; Bernard, 1948: 143; Bernard, 1953a: 155 (redescription); Délye, 1960: 261; Collingwood, 1985: 261; Bolton, 1995b: 159; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 331; Cagniant, 2005: 11; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 426; Borowiec, L. 2014: 67; Sharaf, Fisher, et al. 2018: 19; Sharaf, Aldawood & Hita Garcia, 2019: 68.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus saharensis.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
  • Bernard, F.. "Les insectes sociaux du Fezzân. Comportement et biogéographie." En: Bernard, F., Peyerimhoff, P. de Mission sc (1948): 87-200.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Collingwood C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 230-302.
  • Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
  • Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405–474
  • Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
  • Collingwood, C. A.. "Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7 (1985): 230-302.
  • Delye, G., and J. L. Bonaric. "Fourmis du sud Marocain." Etude de certains milieux du Maroc et de leux evolution recente RCP 249 (1973).
  • Donisthorpe H. 1942. The Formicidae (Hym.) of the Armstrong College Expedition to the Siwa Oasis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)9: 26-33.
  • Donisthorpe H. 1947. Results of the Armstrong College Expedition to Siwa Oasis (Libyan Desert), 1935: A second list of the Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Bulletin de la Société Fouad Ier d'Entomologie 31: 109-111.
  • Délye G. 1960. Fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 51: 259-272.
  • Emery C. 1926. Ultime note mirmecologiche. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 58: 1-9.
  • Santschi, F. 1911. Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note suite). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 2: 78-85
  • Santschi, F.. "Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note suite)." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 2 (1911): 78-85.
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