Crematogaster warburgi
Crematogaster warburgi | |
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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
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. |
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. |
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
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 29 (online 2): 1-26 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.3733156).
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- Menozzi, C. 1933b. Le formiche della Palestina. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 12: 49-113 (page 59, fig. 1 worker described)
- Mohseni, M.R., Mikheyev, A. 2023. A new species of Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran with an identification key to Iranian Crematogaster species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 16(4), 484–492 (doi:10.1016/j.japb.2023.08.005).
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): 155164.
- Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.