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Crematogaster saussurei
| Crematogaster saussurei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. saussurei |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster saussurei Forel, 1899
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 28.405° to 28.405°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.
- saussurei. Crematogaster saussurei Forel, 1899c: 86 (w.) MEXICO (no state data).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 364), 4 paralectotype workers.
- [Note: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 364, also include 1 paralectotype queen, 1 paralectotype male, but these specimens were not mentioned in the original description.]
- Type-locality: lectotype Mexico: Veracruz, Moyoapan (no collector’s name) (ex coll. Saussure); paralectotypes with same data.
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 361 (q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 141;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Kempf, 1972a: 82.
- Status as species: Forel, 1907e: 6; Emery, 1922e: 141; Enzmann, J. 1946c: 93; Kempf, 1972a: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 162; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 359 (redescription).
- Distribution: Mexico.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 141, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1899f. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 81-104 (page 86, worker described)
- Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 162(2), 59-210 (doi:10.3099/mcz-43.1).
- Morgan, C.E., Mackay, W.P. 2017. The North American Acrobat Ants of the hyperdiverse genus Crematogaster (Hymneoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing (PDF version, 532 pp.)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Morgan, C.E. 2009. Revision of the ant genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in North America. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at El Paso, 268 pp.
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133