Crematogaster (Crematogaster) v-nigra Forel -
new status
  Type location Congo
(Cremastogaster chiarinii Em. var. V.
nigrum n.var.,
Forel, 1910e: 434, worker - NOTE the "nigra", Forel,
1910e: 434, worker, in Bolton, 1995: 158, is an error) from Congo, no location or collector
- see below
junior synonym (here) transiens (Cremastogaster
Buchneri For. r. transiens n. stirps, Forel, 1913b: 324,
worker; raised to species by Santschi, in litt., in Wheeler,
1922: 160) from Zaïre, Kana near Kikondja by J. Bequaert - see
below
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Forel's (1910e)
description of v-nigra is at  .
Forel's (1913b) description of transiens is at  . Noted as smaller than buchneri by
Santschi
(1915c), recording it from Kataki, Katanga, Zaïre, by Dr
Gerard; also recorded by Wheeler (1922) plus Avakubi and Kisangani
[Stanleyville], by Lang & Chapin.
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 The
photomontage of the v-nigra
type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908515.
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 The
photomontage of the holotype worker of transiens is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904472.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Crematogaster (Atopogyne) v-nigra
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
G Debout & A Dalecky
Cameroon 70a
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18.iv.2001
BOU
3°13.31' N
10°15.01' E
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at nectaries of Alchorea floribunda, apparently
with numerous Crematogaster striatula
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Crematogaster (Atopogyne) species 1 (Cameroon)
In the Campo
forest canopy, Alain Dejean and colleagues recorded a species denoted
by Bolton as "Crematogaster sp l" on 1.8% of the trees. I guess
that this has to be an Atopogyne subgenus member; why Bolton
did not give some positive separation when, as here, the "species 1"
etc has been used for other Crematogaster forms, I cannot
understand. I am tempted to guess that this is transiens.
The photomontages are of specimens collected in Cameroun
- south-western tropical coastal forest area between Edéa and Campo
(McKey Wolbachia project) - Cameroon 70a from location BOU
(Bondé - river near N'kolobondé at 3°13.31' N 10°15.01'; flat land,
between the Chapel and the river), 18 April 2001, at nectaries of Alchorea
floribunda, apparently with numerous Crematogaster striatula.
Major worker
need to check size - rephoto!
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 Minor worker
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