Crematogaster warburgi

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Crematogaster warburgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. warburgi
Binomial name
Crematogaster warburgi
Menozzi, 1933

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iran, Israel (type locality), Türkiye.

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

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a mutualist for the aphid Chaitophorus sp. (a trophobiont) (Stary, 1969; Saddiqui et al., 2019).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • warburgi. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) warburgi Menozzi, 1933b: 59, fig. 1 (w.) ISRAEL.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
    • Type-locality: Israel (“Palestine”): Tel Chaj, no. 267 (F.S. Bodenheimer).
    • Type-depository: IEUB (perhaps also in HUJI).
    • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 165; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42; Borowiec, L. 2014: 69; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 9.
    • Distribution: Israel.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Ghahari H., and C. A. Collingwood. 2013. A study on the ants (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Formicidae) from Western Iran. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 48 (1): 155–164.
  • Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.