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Crematogaster painei
| Crematogaster painei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. painei |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster painei Donisthorpe, 1945
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Probably the commonest member of the subgenus and often found in association with Oecophylla longinoda, it nests in dead branch ends and crevices or rot holes on living trees. It tends stictococcids and constructs discrete carton tents. Also found on native shrubs and trees, and on cashew, coffee, mango and kola, as well as Anacardium occidentale and Terminalia laxiflora (Taylor et al., 2018).
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Ghana (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.
- painei. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) painei Donisthorpe, 1945d: 267 (w.) GHANA.
- Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): Koransang, 6.i.1945, no. H.1431 (J. Paine).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 159.
- Distribution: Ghana.
Description
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1945d. On a small collection of ants (Hym., Formicidae) from West Africa, associated with Coccidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(12): 265-273 (page 267, worker described)
- 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).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 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): 006–029.