Crematogaster castanea
Smith, 1858
valid
Crematogaster castaneus
Smith, 1858a:
136, pl. 9, fig. 2 (w.q.)
SOUTH AFRICA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen (numbers not stated). Type-locality: Albania (in error) (no collector’s name). Type-depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
According to Roger, 1859: 259, the correct type-locality is South Africa: Durban (“... ist nicht aus Albanien, sondern aus Port Natal”).
- Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Wheeler, 1922: 830.
- Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 145; Santschi, 1926b: 213.
- Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166; Blaimer, 2012c: 55.
- Senior synonym of Crematogaster tricolor: Mayr, 1907b: 16.
- [Note: Mayr gives Crematogaster tricolor as senior synonym, but Crematogaster castanea has priority.]
- Subspecies of Crematogaster tricolor: Forel, 1907i: 80; Forel, 1911h: 279; Santschi, 1913a: 412 (in key); Santschi, 1914e: 22.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Emery, 1877: 379; Emery, 1881b: 535; Dalla Torre, 1893: 80; Forel, 1894b: 99; Emery, 1915e: 12; Santschi, 1916b: 502; Arnold, 1920a: 488; Santschi, 1920d: 378; Wheeler, 1922: 152, 830, 1022; Emery, 1922c: 145; Santschi, 1926b: 213; Santschi, 1930b: 68; Weber, 1943d: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 150; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 210.
- Senior synonym of Crematogaster tricolor decolor: Forel, 1907i: 80; Emery, 1922c: 145; Wheeler, 1922: 1022; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
Junior synonyms
- Crematogaster tricolor decolor Forel, 1891
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
- C. c. adusta Santschi, 1935
- C. c. analis Santschi, 1910
- C. c. aquila Forel, 1907
- C. c. arborea Smith, 1858
- C. c. bruta Santschi, 1926
- C. c. busschodtsi Emery, 1899
- C. c. durbanensis Forel, 1914
- C. c. ferruginea Forel, 1892
- C. c. hararica Forel, 1894
- C. c. insidiosa Santschi, 1920
- C. c. inversa Forel, 1907
- C. c. mediorufa Forel, 1907
- C. c. museisapientiae Forel, 1911
- C. c. rufimembrum Santschi, 1914
- C. c. rufonigra Emery, 1895
- C. c. simia Forel, 1910
- C. c. ulugurensis Forel, 1911
- C. c. yambatensis Forel, 1913
Citations
- Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578. PDF
- Blaimer, B. B. 2012c. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482:47-67. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1877. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte prima. Formiche provenienti dal Viaggio dei signori Antinori, Beccari e Issel nel Mar Rosso e nel paese dei Bogos. [Combined reference]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 9:363-381.
- Emery, C. 1881b. Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso dei Signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso "Esploratore" dal 16 novembre 1879 al 26 febbraio 1880. I. Formiche. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 16:525-535. PDF
- Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 10:3-26. PDF
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
- Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100. PDF
- Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2:75-92. PDF
- Forel, A. 1911h. Fourmis d'Afrique et d'Asie. I. Fourmis d'Afrique surtout du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1:274-283. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
- Mayr, G. 1907b. 2. Formicidae. Pp. 7-24 in: Sjöstedt, Y. 1907. 1907-1910. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. 2. Band, Abt. 8. Stockholm: K. Schwed. Akad. Wissenschaften, 316 pp. PDF
- Roger, J. 1859. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerländer. I. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3:225-259. PDF
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1913a ("1912"). Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912:411-414. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 15:1-44.
- Santschi, F. 1916b ("1915"). Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:497-513. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1920d. Formicides africains et américains nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 88:361-390. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 13:207-267. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
- Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
- Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93:263-389. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 18 valid subspecies
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