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SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Crematogaster
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) antaris (Forel)

Crematogaster (Crem.) antaris (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Algeria (Crematogaster Auberti Emery r. C. Antaris new stirps, Forel, 1894d: 26, worker & queen; raised to species Santschi, 1921d: 71; Collingwood, 1985: 260)
subspecies sordida (Crematogaster auberti r laestrygon var sordida, Forel, 1894d: 26; Forel, 1909c: 104, worker; as Cremastogaster antaris Em. v. Sordida For., Santschi, 1921d: 71) from Algeria.

Forel's (1894d) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1921d) description of sordida is at {original description}.

Egypt records - Wheeler & Mann (1916) reported it from Mt Sinai, Sinai Peninsula.

{Crematogaster antaris}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0249872.

{Crematogaster (Cr.) antaris}Forel's (1894d) description of sordida as a variety of auberti was - WORKER - TL 2.8-3.7 mm; head, alitrunk and pedicel brown-red or yellow; propodeal spines a little longer than Crematogaster maura; sculpture more feeble. Similar to Crematogaster inermis  but with two small teeth or spines on the propodeum

The photomontage of sordida is collated from http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=22775&-Find

Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) antaris
B Taylor det.
Egypt
M James
2002-02
 2002
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E 		St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m 2
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{Crematogaster antaris major}

The photomontage is of a major worker from the Sinai Desert, Egypt, St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m, in early 2002; collector Mike James. This is somewhat larger than the type description but the minor shown below is a good match.

{Crematogaster antaris minor}

The photomontage is of a minor worker, as above.
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