Contents Miscellaneous ants - Iran
SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Crematogaster
Crematogaster subdentata Mayr

Crematogaster subdentata Mayr

return to listIran list {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Tajikistan (Cremastogaster subdentata nov. sp., Mayr, 1877: 20, worker & queen; Forel, 1904b: 372, male; also Mayr, 1880: 39); location Kisil-kum, Bairakum, Sarafschan Valley (Zarafshan Valley) - see below
subspecies
flavicapilla (Ruzky, 1905b: 502, worker) from Transcaspia - no images on Antweb (August 2014)
kaschgariensis (Forel, 1901h: 63, worker) from Turkestan, Maralbaschi - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908493
kuznetzovi (Stärcke, 1935: 263, footnote, illustrated, worker; unavailable in HNS) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb (August 2014)


Mayr's (1877) description is at {original description}. André (1881-6: key 391 ff) gave a translation, this is at {original description}. Pisarski (1967:390) gave a further description, this is at {original description}.

TL workers 3.3-3.8 mm; queen 8 mm. Pisarski's note includes the distribution as from the Touran Plateau

Mayr reference in Fedchenko, A. P. 1877. [Journey in Turkestan, 2(5). Formicidae.] Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estest. Antropol. Etnografii 26: 1-20

See Arnold'i & Dlussky (1978: 338 - not in HNS)


{Crematogaster subdentata} The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902140.
This is an exact match with the media worker shown below.


Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) subdentata
B Taylor det.
Iran
O Paknia
ZMGU 527

viii.2004
Miankaleh

36°45' to 36°55'N; 53°25' to 54°05'E


4
{album}
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) subdentata
B Taylor det.
Iran
R Nafisi
20
27.vi.2012
36°18'N
57°50'E
Soltanabad-Sabzevar-Khorasan
4218 ft
Tree
4
{album}
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) subdentata
B Taylor det.
Iran
R Nafisi
21
27.vi.2012
36°18'N
57°50'E
Soltanabad-Sabzevar-Khorasan
4218 ft
Tree
1
{album}
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) subdentata
B Taylor det.
Iran
G Abolfathi
28
06.v.2014
33.895346°N
48.77313°E
1562 m
Imam Huseyn Sq.,  Borujerd
hand collected
city
2
{album}
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) subdentata
B Taylor det.
Iran
R Afshari
42

17.v.2014
31.04°N
51.56°E
2341 m
Sadegh Abad, Semirom, Isfahan
hand collected
field, on ground
1330h
1
{album}

{Crematogaster subdentata major} The photomontages are of workers from Iran, Miankaleh, collected by Omid Paknia.


{Crematogaster subdentata media} Media


{Crematogaster subdentata minima} Minima


{Crematogaster subdentata major} The photomontages are of workers from Iran, Soltanabad-Sabzevar-Khorasan; collected by R Nafisi (20).


{Crematogaster subdentata major} The photomontages are of workers from Iran, Soltanabad-Sabzevar-Khorasan; collected by R Nafisi (21). Appears to meet the description of kaschgarensis.

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