Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana Mayr - subspecies analysis
Type location Cameroun
(Cremastogaster africana nov.
spec., Mayr, 1895: 142, worker; Santschi, 1937g: 78, queen), from
Kriegsschiffhafen (Warship harbour), by H. Brauns - no images of Mayr
type on Antweb (January 2015), see cotype minor below.
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Analysis of forms (click images for full
photomontages)
Note: none of the type
images on Antweb show a major worker
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Fresh major
(Cameroun 97)
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Fresh minima
(Cameroun 97)
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| Mayr collection type
minor (described as TL 3-4 mm) collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908617 |
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| alligatrix
(Cremastogaster Buchneri Forel
subsp. alligatrix n. subsp.,
Forel, 1911e: 271, worker) from Nigeria, Old Calabar, by
Bates - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0908628
- media worker |
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| schumanni (Cremastogaster
africana subspec. Schumanni
nov. subsp., Mayr, 1895: 144, worker) from Cameroun by C.
Schumann,
no location - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0919659
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| variegata (Cremastogaster
africana Mayr var. variegata
nov. var., Mayr, 1902: 294, worker) from Cameroun,
collected at Victoria, by R. Buchholz - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent09196600
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| stolonis
(Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana
Mayr stirps stolonis n. st.,
Santschi, 1937g: 78, illustrated, worker) from Zaïre - no
images on Antweb (August 2016) TL 2.6-4.8, "black" |
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| thoracica
(Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana Mayr
stirps thoracica nov. st., Santschi, 1921c: 118, worker)
from Zaïre, Kondue, by Luja - see - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912623
- appears to match type minor worker |
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unavailable name brieyi
(Cremastogaster
Buchneri For. r. Winkleri
For. v. Brieyi n. v., Forel,
1913h: 352,
worker) from Zaïre, Mayombe, collected by Comte de Briey; see -
http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912622
probable media worker, description TL 3.3-5.4 mm
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