Crematogaster kelleri
Forel, 1891
valid
Crematogaster kelleri
Forel, 1891c:
197, pl. 6, fig. 10 (w.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Blaimer & Fisher, 2013a: 9). Type-locality: lectotype Madagascar: woods on banks of Ivondrona, nr Tamatave [-18.23333, 49.36667] (C. Keller). Type-depository: MHNG. Type-specimen: CASENT0101557 (lectotype).
Type notes:
Blaimer & Fisher, 2013a: 10, could find only one syntype in MHNG; from the original description there was initially more than one.
- Lectotype designation: Blaimer & Fisher, 2013a: 9.
- Blaimer & Fisher, 2013a: 12 (q.m.).
- Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Wheeler, 1922: 1022.
- Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 147.
- Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166; Blaimer, 2012c: 55.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Emery, 1922c: 147; Wheeler, 1922: 1022; Bolton, 1995b: 155; Blaimer & Fisher, 2013a: 9 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Crematogaster adrepens: Blaimer & Fisher, 2013a: 10.
- Senior synonym of Crematogaster gibba: Blaimer & Fisher, 2013a: 10.
Junior synonyms
- Crematogaster adrepens Forel, 1897
- Crematogaster gibba Emery, 1894
Citations
- Blaimer, B. B. 2012c. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482:47-67. PDF
- Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2013a. How much variation can one ant species hold? Species delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-group in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 8 (7):e68082. 10.1371/journal.pone.0068082 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. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
- Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.