Crematogaster (Crematogaster) sjostedti Mayr -
analysis
 Main species
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 Mayr's (1907b)
description is at  . Forel's (1913a)
description of bulawayensis
is at  . Forel's (1913b)
description of oraclum
is at  . Forel's (1914d)
description of godefreyi is at  . Santschi's (1914b) description of pulla
is at  . Forel's (1916)
description of kohliella, as strain of sjostedti, is at
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Forel's (1916)
description of foraminicipoides is at  .
Santschi's (1916b)
description of bulawayensis, infaceta and pudica
is at  and  .
Santschi's (1917b) description of carininotum
is at  . Santschi's (1919b)
description of rufescens
is at  .
Santschi's (1920b)
description of zulu
is at  . Arnold (1920a) gave an
illustrated translation of bulawayensis, which he regarded as a
full species; this is at  . Arnold (1920a) gave a
translation of carininotum, as a race of neuvillei
which he regarded as a full species, this is at  . Arnold (1920a) gave an
illustrated translation of godefreyi [as godfreyi],
this is at  . Arnold (1920a) gave a
translation of foraminicipoides, as a variety of godefreyi,
this is at  . Arnold (1920a) gave a
translation of infaceta, as a race of bulawayenis, and
its variety pudica, this is at  . Arnold (1926) gave a
translation of bulawayensis varieties rufescens and zulu,
this is at  . Santschi's (1928d)
description of inquieta, as a variety of sjostedti, is
at  . Santschi's (1937a)
description of tricoloroides, as "Crematogaster (Acrocelia)
gerstaeckeri st. sjostedti var. tricoloroides", is
at  .
Note: With most,
if not all, the descriptions the workers have a size range from ca
3.0-4.0 mm. The Antweb type images, therefore, probably represent just
one size from a set of workers labelled "type".
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Crematogaster (Cr.) kohliella.
Type location Zaïre, (Cremastogaster
excisa Mayr r. Andrei
For. v. Kohliella n. var.
Forel, 1916: 409, worker) from St.
Gabriel, by Kohl (in Santschi, 1918d: 185, as C. Sjoestedti Mayr, stirps Kohliella For.) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0908562
Similar in form and proportions to sjostedti
but much less
sculpturation, notably on the head, shiny appearance and brown colour
different enough to warrant separate species status.
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Crematogaster (Cr.) gerstaeckeri
type location Kenya (Cremastogaster Gerstaeckeri m.
vor., Dalla Torre, 1892: 90, original description but name replaced as
unavailable Cremastogaster cephalotes
n. sp., Gerstaecker, 1871: 356; Menozzi, 1930b: 91, illustrated, all
forms) from Mombasa, in Acacia galls; the Menozzi specimens were from
Somalia
TL (Gerstaecker) 3.75-4 mm; piceus (i.e. dark brown-near black)
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Kenya
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Appears to be spread
across the sub-Saharan (Sahel) zone - fresh specimen from Cameroun
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Crematogaster sjostedti - click the images to see full photomontages
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sjostedti type (major) - squarer
head, slighlty shorter propodeal spines
TL 3.1-3.6 mm; the main diagnostic
characteristics seem to be - short funiculus segments and a fairly
short scape; a median carina on the dorsal mesonotum; short propodeal
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Tanzania
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junior synonyms of sjostedti (here) - arranged in
order of apparently increasing darkness (note colour variation in
Antweb imaging)
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godefreyi (Cremastogaster
foraminiceps Sant. r. Godefreyi
n. stirps, Forel, 1914d: 237, worker; from South
Africa, Cap. Col., R Godefrey
j syn sjostedti - exact match
for major
junior synonym carininotum, Santschi, 1917b: 279, worker, from Zimbabwe,
synonymy Santschi, 1918d: 184) - no images on Antweb (August 2016)
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Southeast Africa
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rufescens (Crematogaster
sjoestedti Mayr stirps bulawayensis
For. var. rufescens n. var.,
Santschi, 1919b: 236, worker; Wheeler,
1922: 844) from South Africa,
Natal, Haviland - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912675
jsyn of sjostedti - matches
mallest minor from the colony in Mkomzai
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South Africa
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sjostedti var.
tricoloroides,
Santschi, 1937a: 55, worker) from Kenya - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912676
General form and proportions match sjostedti
but ca 15% larger; apparent colour difference slight
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Kenya
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bulawayensis (Cr.
africana, r buchneri var bulawayensis, Forel,
1913a: 125, worker) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908560
jsyn of sjostedti - matches
smallest minor from the colony in Mkomzai (below)
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Zimbabwe
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inquieta (Crematogaster
(Acrocoelia) sjostedti Mayr v. inquieta
n. var., Santschi, 1928d: 65, worker) Zimbabwe,
Salisbury, 8.vi.1919, G Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0902107.
j syn of sjostedti - exact
match
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Zimbabwe
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foraminicipoides (Cremastogaster vulcania Sant. r. Godefreyi For. v. foraminicipoides n. var.,
Forel, 1916: 406, worker; Crematogaster
godefreyi var. foraminicipoides
Arnold, 1920a: 505; junior synonym of bulawayensis
Santschi, 1926b:214)) Zimbabwe,
Bulawayo, Arnold; j syn major slightly larger
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Zimbabwe
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pudica (Crematogaster bulawayensis For.
stirps infaceta Santschi var.
pudica n.
var.,
Santschi,
1916b: 499,
worker; Santschi, 1930b: 69) from Zimbabwe - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912674
General form and proportions match sjostedti
but ca 15% larger; exact match to foraminicipoides
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Zimbabwe
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pulla (Cremastogaster
gallicola For. stirps Sjostedti
var. pulla nov. Santschi,
1914b: 94, worker; Wheeler, 1922:
844) from Kenya, Mbuyuni, iii.1912, Alluaud & Jeannel - see
http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904509
junior syn of sjostedti -
exact match
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Kenya
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infaceta (Crematogaster
bulawayensis For. stirps infaceta
n. stirps, Santschi, 1916b: 498, worker) Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, G Arnold -
see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912671
general form, size and proportions match sjostedti type but darker
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Zimbabwe
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| zulu
(Santschi, 1920b: 15, worker & queen;
Wheeler, 1922: 855) from South Africa, Mfongosi, W F Tones, xi.1918 - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912677 |
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South Africa
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oraclum (Cremastogaster
gallicola For. v. oraclum
n. v., Forel, 1913b: 323, worker) from Zaïre,
?Sankisia by J.
Bequaert - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912673
Apart from the bizarre colouration, the form, size and proportions
match the minor worker of sjostedti
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Zaïre |
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