Crematogaster (Crematogaster) aegyptiaca Mayr
  Type location Egypt (Cremastogaster aegyptiaca n. sp.,
Mayr,
1862: 765, worker) specimen in Vienna Museum - no images on Antweb
(December 2014).
subspecies pharaonis (Crematogaster
egyptiaca Mayr stirps pharonis
n. st., Santschi, 1914a: 432,
worker) from Egypt, Bir Hooker, J Dewiz - see below.
Worker and queen
described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Mayr's
(1862) description is at  . Emery's (1877b) description of robusta
is at  . Santschi's (1914a)
description of pharaonis is at  . Santschi's (1935b)
description of turkanensis is at  .
Note - the record of "Crematogaster aegyptiaca
Mayr subsp. senegalensis var. robusta Emery" by Finzi
(1939a) was not Cr. aegyptiaca but Crematogaster
senegalensis possibly varying from the type form. Emery only
ever described the sexual forms of robusta and in his 1915
paper cited by Finzi further confused the situation, as he (Emery,
1915g: 4 & 10) listed "Crematogaster
aegyptiaca senegalensis Rog.; var. robusta Emery; Nefasit, worker
& queen". The Antweb images of the robusta queen appear to be senegalensis and I have posted the
montage there.
Not aegyptiaca:
robusta (Cremastogaster
robusta n. sp., Emery, 1877b: 379, queen
& male; Emery, 1915g: 10, worker) from Eritrea, Keren,
Beccari.
turkanensis
(Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) aegyptiaca
Mayr v. turkanensis nov.,
Santschi, 1935b: 271, worker) from Kenya, Turkana Desert,
Kalodeke
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 Collingwood
(1985, illustrated), for specimens from Saudi Arabia, had propodeal
spines broadly dentate, less than 0.13 mm; gaster with superficial
sculpture and coarse pubescence; body colour reddish-brown
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 The
photomontage of the pharaonis type worker is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912635.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) aegyptiaca
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
M Sharaf
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1.iv.1998
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E
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St Katharine, S
Sinai
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2
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Crematogaster (Crematogaster) aegyptiaca
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
A Shepherd
Alcohol C
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E
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St Katharine, S
Sinai
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2
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 The photomontage is of
specimens from Egypt, St
Katharine, S Sinai, E 33°56' N 28°33'; 1.iv.1998, collected by Mostafa
Sharaf.
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 The photomontage is of
specimens from Egypt, St
Katharine, S Sinai, E 33°56' N 28°33'; 2010, collected by Amy Shepherd
(Nottingham University Ecology project)
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