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Crematogaster ourea
| Crematogaster ourea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. ourea |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster ourea Salata, Ziecina & Borowiec, 2024 | |
A nest of Crematogaster ourea was found on a mountain plateau at an altitude of 1,643 m. The plateau extends 1.3 km long and 400 m wide at the foot of Mt. Megali Tourla. It is covered with grassy vegetation with numerous herbs and with low fir trees growing on the surrounding slopes (Figs 5–6). The nest was located between two flat limestone slabs on the slope of a small cracked limestone rock (Fig. 7). In the second location, one worker was found on a limestone rock inside a luminous fir forest at an altitude of 1,090 m. On the same site the following ant species were collected: Formica cunicularia, Lasius alienus Messor ibericus, Plagiolepis pygmaea, Proformica oculatissima, Tapinoma cf. erraticum_BALC, Temnothorax parnonensis, Temnothorax semiruber, Temnothorax cf. tuberum, Temnothorax unifasciatus, and Tetramorium kephalosi.
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Identification
Crematogaster ourea differs from C. ionia and Crematogaster schmidti in the presence of more than 10 large erect setae on the first gastral tergite. Additionally, it differs from C. ionia in yellowish brown to brown mesosoma colouration. While from Crematogaster erectepilosa (which also has numerous erected setae on the first gastral tergite), C. ourea differs in the presence of subdecumbent and never erect setae on the anterior surface of the antennal scape and the presence of less than 20 large erect setae on the first gastral tergite and less than 10 erect setae on the pronotal dorsum. Also, both species are separated geographically. Crematogaster ourea is known from alpine habitats of Parnon Mts of the south-eastern Peloponnese while C. erectepilosa in Greece is known from the Aegean Islands and Dodecanese (Kandelioussa, Karpathos, Kos, Nera, Rhodes, and Samos) (Scupola and Borowiec 2023).
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 37.28538° to 37.19874°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Salata, Ziecina & Borowiec, 2024
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece (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. |
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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.
- ourea. Crematogaster ourea Salata, Zięcina & Borowiec, 2024: 107, figs. 1-4 (w.) GREECE.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 49 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Greece: Pel., Lakonia, Parnon Mts, Mt Megali, Tourla, loc 1, 1643 m., 37.28538, 22.60603, 14.v.2023 (L. Borowiec); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MNHW (holotype); MHNG, MNHW (paratypes).
- Distribution: Greece.
Type Material
- Holotype. 1w. (pin): GREECE, Pel., Lakonia | Parnon Mts. Mt. Megali | Tourla loc. 1. 1643 m | 37.28538 / 22.60603 | 14 V 2023, L. Borowiec || Collection MNHW | Formicidae | MNHW-GR03246 || (MNHW).
- Paratypes. 49w. (pin): the same data as holotype (MNHW, MHNG).