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Crematogaster Lund, 1831
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It is unclear whether the variation in face sculpture from smooth and shining to completely striate represents intraspecific or interspecific variation. It may be that selection gradients cause parallel changes in face sculpture among multiple sympatric lineages, such that the above forms may be synonyms of crinosa HNS and torosa HNS . For example, I have examined five collections from Colombia that have completely striate faces. Other than the striate face, one collection has the characters of crinosa HNS , three have the characters of torosa HNS , and one has the characters of rochai HNS . Alternatively, further research may reveal that the forms with completely striate faces are found in sympatry with shiny faced forms, or show discontinuous character variation, such that they are best interpreted as distinct species. If so, it must then be determined whether these forms are distinct from each other or should be interpreted as one widespread species.
- Longino, J. T. (2003): The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151, 1-150: 130-130, URL:http://antbase.org/ants/publications/20256/20256.pdf
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Boquerón , Paraguarí (ALWC).
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Genus Crematogaster Lund HNS
This large cosmopolitan genus is represented in California by both arboreal and groundnesting species. Nine species have been recorded from the state but taxonomic uncertainties undermine this statistic. C. opuntiae Buren HNS is quite similar to, and possibly conspecific with, C. californica Wheeler HNS ; the differences between C. coarctata Mayr HNS and C. mormonum Wheeler HNS are slight and unreliable; and the record of C. larreae Buren HNS from California may be a misidentification. The North American species of this genus are much in need of a taxonomic update.
Species identification: keys in Buren (1968b). Additional references: Buren (1959), Longino (2003), Mackay and Mackay (2002), Scheffrahn and Rust (1989), Snelling and George (1979), Wheeler and Krutzsch (1994).
- Ward, P. S. (2005): A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936, 1-68: 32-32, URL:http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21008/21008.pdf
License | Public Domain |
Rights holder/Author | No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation. |
Source | http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8ED90D4C792AED2787040CFA4BCB90AD |
Canindeyú (ALWC).
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Source | http://www.antbase.org/ants/publications/21367/21367.pdf |
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