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SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Crematogaster
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) inermis Mayr

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) inermis Mayr

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Egypt (Cremastogaster inermis n. sp., Mayr, 1862: 766, worker; André, 1883b, queen; Santschi, 1937e: 296, queen; Santschi, 1938a: 38, male) Sinai Peninsula, collector v. Frauenfeld - no images on Antweb (December 2014)
subspecies
aphrodite (Santschi, 1937e: 298, illustrated, all forms) from Cyprus - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912687
armatula (Emery, 1926: 3, worker; Menozzi, 1933b: 59, queen) from Syria - no images on Antweb (December 2014)
lucida (Forel, 1890c: 220, worker; Forel, 1904c: 6, male; Santschi, 1937e: 297, queen) from Tunisia - see below
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{Crematogaster inermis}Mayr's (1862) description is at {original description}. Forel's (1904c) description of lucida (male) is at {original description}. Santschi's (1937e) further description and the type male is at {original description}. Santschi's (1937e) description of aphrodite is at {original description}.


WORKER - Without a subpetiolar spine or propodeal spines.

Some indication of its characteristics can be found in the description by Emery (1893c) of Cr. (Cr.) alluaudi from the Canary Islands (collected by C. Alluaud). Mesonotum convex both anteriorly and posteriorly, with angular sides but no spines or teeth; with an obtuse and strongly rounded angle between the dorsum and declivity of the propodeum. Petiole truncated anteriorly. Lacking pronounced pubescence. Emery noted it was known from Algeria, Egypt, Sinai, Syria and with a race ("sevelli" Forel, now species Crematogaster sewelli from Madagascar.


{Crematogaster inermis lucidus} The photomontage of the lucidus type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908481


Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) inermis
B Taylor det.
Egypt
M Sharaf


29.vi.2003
Abuswelam
30°45' N
28°06' E
Elmenia
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Crematogaster (Crematogaster) inermis
B Taylor det.
Egypt
O Norfolk
08
2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E
St Katherine’s Protectorate
Pitfall trap in wadi garden

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{Crematogaster inermis}The photomontage is of a worker from Egypt, Abuswelam, Elmenia, E 30°45' N 28°06'; 29.vi.2003, collector Mostafa Sharaf.


{Crematogaster inermis}The photomontage is of specimens from Egypt, Sinai, St Katherine's; collector Olivia Norfolk.

©2006, 2015 - Brian Taylor CBiol FRSB FRES
11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K.

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