Crematogaster arboreus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 138

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296988

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Crematogaster arboreus
status

 

11. Crematogaster arboreus   HNS . Pl. XIV. Nest. B.M.

Worker. Length 2 lines.-Pale ferruginous, with very thinly scattered short glittering hairs: the head subovate, slightly emarginate behind, delicately striated longitudinally, the mandibles with four strong acute teeth; the antennae, tarsi, and apex of the abdomen more or less fuscous. Thorax flattened on the disk, deeply strangulated between the meso- and metathorax, with the latter armed with two acute spines. Abdomen: the first node of the peduncle, viewed in front, pear-shaped, with the broad end downwards; the second node ovate, with a deeply impressed line above.

Hab. Port Natal.

The nest of this species, of which a figure is given, was sent to England by Herr Gueinzius from Port Natal: a number of specimens of the insect were found in the crevices and entrances to the nest; many individuals are of a paler colour than the one described, but all are of the same size, sex, and form.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Crematogaster

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