Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 49

Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881

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Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881a: 271 (w) Ethiopia. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Head, petiole, postpetiole, and gaster dark brown, mesosoma light brown; head, in full-face view, with a well-defined frontal triangle and posterior longitudinal carina reaching posterior margin of eyes; propodeal dorsum transversally striated in dorsal view; postpetiole seen from above as broad anteriorly as posteriorly.

Material examined

This species was not collected during the present study.

Ecological and biological notes

This species forms large colonies with workers foraging among myrmecophilous myrmedoniine beetles at the base of trees of Vachellia ( Collingwood 1985) .

Geographic range

Crematogaster chiarinii was originally described from Ethiopia and elsewhere in north-east Africa. It was later recorded from Oman, KSA, and Yemen ( Collingwood 1985; Collingwood & Agosti 1996; Collingwood & van Harten 2001). This species has been recorded from Dhofar by Collingwood (1985) based on a single specimen.

Figures

Fig. 31. Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881, worker (CASENT0906369, AntWeb.org (Estella Ortega)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.