Crematogaster buchneri

Defoliating activities have been observed in the African species Crematogaster buchneri, Crematogaster africana (Eguagie, 1973; Taylor, 2015) and Crematogaster wellmani (Bruno de Miré, 1969), whose workers attack the leaves, buds and flowers of several plants (Dejean et al., 2023).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Ghana.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster buchneri Forel, 1894b: 94 (w.) ANGOLA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Angola: Benguela (M. Buchner).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Emery, 1899e: 479 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Santschi, 1916b: 501.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1895: 136 (in key); Mayr, 1896: 242; Emery, 1899e: 479; Forel, 1913e: 669; Arnold, 1920a: 520; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 853; Menozzi, 1926a: 39; Santschi, 1930b: 55; Santschi, 1933b: 101; Santschi, 1937d: 227; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
 * Senior synonym of halli: Bolton, 1995b: 149.
 * Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus composita, graeteri, uasina.
 * halli. Crematogaster (Atopogyne) halli Donisthorpe, 1945d: 268 (w.) GHANA.
 * Type-material: 24 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): Bunsu, 1.i.1945, nos H.1426A, H.1426B (H.E. Box).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Junior synonym of buchneri: Bolton, 1995b: 154.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Dejean A., F. Azemar, R. Cereghino, M. Leponce, B. Corbara, J. Orivel, and A. Compin. 2015. The dynamics of ant mosaics in tropical rainforests characterized using the SelfOrganizing Map algorithm. Insect Science doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12208
 * Emery C. 1899. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 459-504.
 * Majer J. D. 1976. The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms: further structural considerations. Journal of Applied Ecology 13: 145-155.
 * Majer J. D. 1976. The influence of ants and ant manipulation on the cocoa farm fauna. The journal of Applied Ecology 13(1): 157-175.
 * Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
 * Menozzi C. 1926. Formiche dell'Africa centrale. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 58: 36-41.
 * Santschi F. 1933. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 73: 95-108.
 * Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
 * Taylor B. 1979. Ants of the Nigerian Forest Zone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). III. Myrmicinae (Cardiocondylini to Meranoplini). Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Research Bulletin 6: 1-65.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004