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Species: Crematogaster rasoherinae

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Crematogaster

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Crematogaster rasoherinae Forel, 1891c PDF: 194 (w.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1912l: 164 (q.m.).

Combination in Crematogaster (Neocrema): Santschi, 1918d PDF: 182; in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Wheeler, 1922: 1023; in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922c PDF: 131; in Crematogaster (Mesocrema): Santschi, 1928b PDF: 33; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 661.

Senior synonym of Crematogaster brunneola, Crematogaster voeltzkowi: Blaimer, 2012 PDF: 38.

Distribution:

Inner Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette.

Biology:

Endemic to the Malagasy Subregion. Recorded from Madagascar.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 61 times found in littoral rainforest, 59 times found in rainforest, 37 times found in tropical dry forest, 21 times found in urban/garden, 27 times found in spiny forest/thicket, 16 times found in coastal scrub, 9 times found in tropical dry forest on tsingy, 9 times found in dry forest, 9 times found in Disturbed montane rainforest, 9 times found in transition forest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 27 times beating low vegetation, 21 times Malaise trap, 13 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 2 times 9 maxi winks, 4 times Malaise, 5 times pitfall trap, PF 50 traps, 11 cm dbh with water, soap, formalin, nonlinear placement, 3 times beating, 4 times MW 25 sample transect, 5m, 1 times 7 maxi winks, 5 times Beat 25 sample transect, 10m, beating low vegetation, 1 times 10 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, ...

Elevations: collected from 3 - 1382 meters, 214 meters average