Genus: Crematogaster

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Crematogaster

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

Crematogaster Lund, 1831a: 132. Type-species: Formica scutellaris, by subsequent designation of Bingham, 1903: 124.

Taxonomic history

[Type-species not Formica acuta, unjustified subsequent designation by Emery, 1912d: 272; this error repeated in, for example, Emery, 1914c: 39, Arnold, 1920a: 482, Emery, 1922e: 128, Gallardo, 1934: 4, Souli?, 1965: 78.]

[Cremastogaster Mayr, 1861: 74 (and many later authors), incorrect subsequent spelling. Discussions of spelling: Emery, 1912d: 272 (footnote); Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 78; Donisthorpe, 1941f: 36; Buren, 1959: 125.]

Crematogaster in Poneridae, Myrmicidae: Smith, F. 1858b: 134.

Crematogaster in Myrmicidae: Smith, F. 1971a: 329; Cresson, 1887: 262.

Crematogaster in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1855: 468 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, F. 1857a: 75 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1861: 74 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 22 [Myrmicidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 464 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 79.

Crematogaster in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Emery, 1877a: 81 [Myrmicidae, Pheidolidae].

Crematogaster in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Forel, 1893a: 164; Forel, 1895b: 130; Emery, 1895j: 769; Forel, 1899c: 81; Ashmead, 1905b: 383; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140; Emery, 1914a: 41; Forel, 1917: 242; Arnold, 1920a: 482; Emery, 1922e: 127; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 661; all subsequent authors.

 

Junior synonym of CREMATOGASTER

 

Acrocoelia Mayr, 1853a: 147. Type-species: Acrocoelia ruficeps (junior synonym of Formica scutellaris), by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 158.

Taxonomic history

Acrocoelia as genus: Mayr, 1853a: 147; Souliā, 1964: 398.

Acrocoelia as subgenus of Crematogaster: Emery, 1922e: 140; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 619; Creighton, 1950a: 206; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 86.

Acrocoelia as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Roger, 1863b: 36; Mayr, 1863: 404; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 464; Dalla Torre, 1893: 79; Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 158; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 828; Buren, 1959: 126; Kempf, 1972a: 81; Brown, 1973b: 178. [Type-species of Acrocoelia and Crematogaster are synonymous, generic synonymy is therefore absolute.]

 

Subgenera of CREMATOGASTER include the nominal plus the following.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (OXYGYNE)

Oxygyne Forel, 1901e: 375 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster (Oxygyne) daisyi, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 169.

Taxonomic history

Oxygyne as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Oxygyne as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Oxygyne as subgenus of Crematogaster: Forel, 1901e: 375; Forel, 1917: 242; Arnold, 1920a: 542; Emery, 1922e: 156; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except those above; Bolton, 1995b: 40.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (DECACREMA)

Decacrema Forel, 1910a: 18 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster schencki, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 161.

Taxonomic history

[Decacrema also described as new by Forel, 1910f: 9. Type-species not Crematogaster decamera, unjustified subsequent designation by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 860.]

Decacrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Decacrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 179 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Decacrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Forel, 1910a: 18; Forel, 1917: 242; Arnold, 1920a: 547; Emery, 1922e: 137; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 661; subsequent authors except for those above; Bolton, 1995b: 26.

[Decracrema Arnold, 1920a: 547; incorrect subsequent spelling.]

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (ATOPOGYNE)

Atopogyne Forel, 1911d: 343 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster (Atopogyne) hellenica, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 159.

Taxonomic history

[Type-species not Crematogaster depressa, unjustified subsequent designation by Emery, 1912d: 272; repeated in Emery, 1922e: 154, Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 851 and Souli?, 1965: 78.]

Atopogyne as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Atopogyne as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 178 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Atopogyne as subgenus of Crematogaster: Forel, 1911d: 343; Forel, 1917: 242; Arnold, 1920a: 545; Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except for those above; Bolton, 1995b: 21.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (PHYSOCREMA)

Physocrema Forel, 1912f: 220 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster inflata, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 82.

Taxonomic history

Physocrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Physocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Physocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Forel, 1912f: 220; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922e: 139; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except for those above; Bolton, 1995b: 42.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (XIPHOCREMA)

Xiphocrema Forel, 1913k: 80 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster tetracantha, by subsequent designation of Emery, 1922e: 138.

Taxonomic history

Xiphocrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Xiphocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 185 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Xiphocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Forel, 1913k: 80; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922e: 138; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except for those above; Bolton, 1995b: 50.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (NEMATOCREMA)

Nematocrema Santschi, 1918d: 182 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster stadelmanni, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Nematocrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Nematocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Nematocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Santschi, 1918d: 182; Emery, 1922e: 157; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except for those above; Bolton, 1995b: 38.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (ORTHOCREMA)

Orthocrema Santschi, 1918d: 182 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Myrmica sordidula, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Orthocrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Orthocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Orthocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Santschi, 1918d: 182; Emery, 1922e: 130; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except those above; Bolton, 1995b: 40.

 

Junior synonym of CREMATOGASTER (ORTHOCREMA)

 

Tranopeltoides Wheeler, W.M. 1922e: 10. Type-species: Tranopelta huberi, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Tranopeltoides in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 733; Kusnezov, 1957a: 270.

Tranopeltoides as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Kempf, 1960c: 173.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (EUCREMA)

Eucrema Santschi, 1918d: 182 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Formica acuta, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

[Emery, 1919b: 62, Emery, 1922e: 137, Souli?, 1964: 389 and Souli?, 1965: 78 incorrectly treat Eucrema as a junior synonym of subgenus Crematogaster sensu stricto. This stems from Emery's 1912d: 272 unjustified subsequent designation of Formica acuta as type-species of Crematogaster; see above.]

Eucrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 180 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Eucrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Kempf, 1972a: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 29.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (NEOCREMA)

Neocrema Santschi, 1918d: 182 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster distans, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Neocrema as junior synonym of Orthocrema: Emery, 1922e: 130.

Neocrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Neocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Neocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Santschi, 1918d: 182; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; Kempf, 1972a: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 39.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (SPHAEROCREMA)

Sphaerocrema Santschi, 1918d: 182 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster kneri, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Sphaerocrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Sphaerocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 185 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Sphaerocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Santschi, 1918d: 182; Emery, 1922e: 152; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except for those above; Bolton, 1995b: 46.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (PARACREMA)

Paracrema Santschi, 1918d: 182 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster spengeli, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Paracrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Paracrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Paracrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Santschi, 1918d: 182; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except those above; Bolton, 1995b: 41.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (RHACHIOCREMA)

Rhachiocrema Mann, 1919: 318 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster (Rhachiocrema) wheeleri, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Rhachiocrema as genus: Souli?, 1964: 398.

Rhachiocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 184 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Rhachiocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Mann, 1919: 318; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 662; subsequent authors except for those above; Bolton, 1995b: 45.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (COLOBOCREMA)

Colobocrema Wheeler, W.M. 1927f: 31 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster (Colobocrema) cylindriceps, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Colobocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 179 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Colobocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Wheeler, W.M. 1927f: 31; Bolton, 1995b: 24.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (MESOCREMA)

Mesocrema Santschi, 1928b: 33 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster rasoherinae, by subsequent designation of Donisthorpe, 1943f: 661.

Taxonomic history

Mesocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 182 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Mesocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Santschi, 1928b: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 35.

 

Subgenus CREMATOGASTER (APTEROCREMA)

Apterocrema Wheeler, W.M. 1936c: 45 (in text) [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster (Apterocrema) atitlanica, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Apterocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster: Brown, 1973b: 178 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Apterocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster: Wheeler, W.M. 1936c: 45; Kempf, 1972a: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 21.

Genus Crematogaster references: see above.

 


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Crematogaster abstinens

Crematogaster acuta

Crematogaster adrepens

Crematogaster aegyptiaca

Crematogaster agnetis

Crematogaster alw01

Crematogaster alw02

Crematogaster ampla

Crematogaster arata

Crematogaster ashmeadi

Crematogaster atkinsoni

Crematogaster az02

Crematogaster bbb01

Crematogaster bbb02

Crematogaster bbb03

Crematogaster bbb04

Crematogaster bbb06

Crematogaster bbb07

Crematogaster bbb08

Crematogaster bbb11

Crematogaster bbb14

Crematogaster biroi_cf

Crematogaster browni

Crematogaster bruchi

Crematogaster californica

Crematogaster castanea

Crematogaster castanea tricolor

Crematogaster cerasi

Crematogaster chodati

Crematogaster cisplatinalis

Crematogaster coarctata

Crematogaster colei

Crematogaster corticicola

Crematogaster crinosa

Crematogaster curvispinosa

Crematogaster degeeri

Crematogaster degeeri lunaris

Crematogaster dentinodis

Crematogaster depilis

Crematogaster descarpentriesi

Crematogaster distans

Crematogaster donisthorpei

Crematogaster drq01

Crematogaster emeryana

Crematogaster emmae

Crematogaster emmae laticeps

Crematogaster ensifera

Crematogaster fl01

Crematogaster fl02

Crematogaster fritzi

Crematogaster gibba

Crematogaster grevei

Crematogaster hespera

Crematogaster hova

Crematogaster hova latinoda

Crematogaster inops

Crematogaster ionia

Crematogaster isolata

Crematogaster jtl022

Crematogaster kelleri

Crematogaster km01

Crematogaster km02

Crematogaster laeviuscula

Crematogaster larreae

Crematogaster lineolata

Crematogaster lobata

Crematogaster lobata pacifica

Crematogaster madagascariensis

Crematogaster madecassa

Crematogaster marioni

Crematogaster marthae

Crematogaster mg01

Crematogaster minutissima

Crematogaster minutissima smithi

Crematogaster missuriensis

Crematogaster montezumia

Crematogaster mutans

Crematogaster my01

Crematogaster my02

Crematogaster navajoa

Crematogaster nigropilosa

Crematogaster nitidiceps

Crematogaster nocturna

Crematogaster obscurata

Crematogaster opaca

Crematogaster opuntiae

Crematogaster pilosa

Crematogaster pinicola

Crematogaster quadriformis

Crematogaster ranavalonae

Crematogaster ranavalonae paulinae

Crematogaster ranavalonae pepo

Crematogaster rasoherinae

Crematogaster rasoherinae brunneola

Crematogaster rauana_cf

Crematogaster rifelna

Crematogaster rochai

Crematogaster scelerata

Crematogaster schencki

Crematogaster schmidti

Crematogaster scutellaris

Crematogaster sd01

Crematogaster senegalensis

Crematogaster sericea

Crematogaster sewellei dentata

Crematogaster sewellei improba

Crematogaster sewellei marnoi

Crematogaster sewelli mauritiana

Crematogaster sewellii

Crematogaster sewellii improba

Crematogaster smithi

Crematogaster sordidula

Crematogaster sumichrasti

Crematogaster tenuicula

Crematogaster thalia

Crematogaster torosa

Crematogaster undet

Crematogaster vermiculata

Crematogaster victima

Crematogaster voeltzkowi