Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa Mayr

Type location Congo (Cremastogaster excisa nov. spec., Mayr, 1895: 139, worker) Loango - see below
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1895) description is at .

The photomontage of a syntype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0919666.

Assuming the Antweb scale lines are correct (the profile and full face scales give the same head size), this specimen is smaller than the range given by Mayr (1895), which was TL 3.5-3.8. This appears to be TL ca 3.2 mm, HL 0.63, HW 0.66.

Nigeria specimens (Crematogaster (Crematogaster) species T¹, Taylor, 1979: 27)

Size and form appears to match the type.

TL variable 2.18-2.64 mm. Largest HL 0.70, HW 0.70, SL 0.56, PW 0.40

Colour medium-dark brown, shiny. Lateral alitrunk very faintly striate. Pilosity sparse, few erect hairs. Alitrunk profile a flattened convex curve with a slight depression at the metanotal groove. Propodeal spines halfway down the declivity, no more than sharp denticles. Subpetiolar spine small, acute and triangular.

In Nigeria I found it on cocoa and once nesting in dead wood on a garden tree.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2667	18.iv.2012 Glo, F.E.A. 06°55'05'' N 02°32'06'' E	Mangifera indica orchard cohabiting with Oecophylla longinoda	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2671	10.v.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard weak antagonist of Oecophylla longinoda nesting under bark	3
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2709	7.xii.2011 Glo, F.E.A. 06°55'05'' N 02°32'06'' E	Mangifera indica orchard	3
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2823	10.vi.2010 Koro 08°54'00'' N 02°34'00'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAF2/PFRS/T53 (nuit)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2829	8.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT4/GFN/T59/Parcelle 2 (jour)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2836	8.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T27/Parcelle 2 (nuit)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2838	10.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T71/Parcelle 2 (jour)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2843	7.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T23/Parcelle 2 (jour)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2845	8.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T53/Parcelle 2 (jour)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2846	10.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T68/Parcelle 2 (nuit)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2847	10.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T55/Parcelle 2 (jour)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2855	8.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T55/Parcelle 2 (jour)	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2857	10.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T72/Parcelle 2 (jour)	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2858	7.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T57/Parcelle 2 (jour)	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2860	10.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T69/Parcelle 2 (jour)	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2869	15.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T80/Parcelle 2 (nuit)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2870	15.vi.2010 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Mangifera indica orchard CAT2/PFRS/T72/Parcelle 2 (jour)	1
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2901	13.ix.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 3-1, tube 6, variété: ? Arboreal	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2932	7.x.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 1, tube 1, variété: Kent Arboreal	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2942	8.ix.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 1, tube 3, variété: Gouverneur Arboreal, nest in hollow branch	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2972	8.xi.2012 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	On Mangifera indica; Eldon T2-5 commensal with Oecophylla longinoda nesting under bark	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) excisa B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2973	8.xi.2012 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	On Mangifera indica; Eldon T2-6 commensal with Oecophylla longinoda nesting under bark	2

The photomontage is of a worker from Benin, Glo; collector J-F Vayssieres (RVA2667).

The photomontage is of a worker from Benin, Glo; collector J-F Vayssieres (RVA2709).