Crematogaster
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283780 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/38777768-BBFB-97C0-17E5-4DCAE6035908 |
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Christiana |
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Crematogaster |
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Genus Crematogaster View in CoL HNS Lund, 1831
Crematogaster HNS Lund, 1831:132.
Type-species: Formica scutellaris Olivier HNS , 1791.
All castes have the postpetiole attached to the dorsum of the first gaster segment. In the worker the cordate gaster is frequently carried uptilted and most species discharge a defensive deterrent fluid from the apical orifice, the sting being weak and atrophied. The male has very short antennal scapes, not longer than the two following funiculus segments.
This is a genus with many hundreds of species spread over the tropics and subtropics with a few palaearctic species none of which are endemic in North Europe.
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