Crematogaster nitidiceps Emery, 2007

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 51

publication ID

21367

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B08DA0DB-EEC0-4ED3-9FBE-59328B034102

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239952

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Crematogaster nitidiceps Emery
status

NEW STATUS

Crematogaster nitidiceps Emery   HNS 1895a. NEW STATUS.

Crematogaster victima var. nitidiceps Emery   HNS 1895a: 288.

Crematogaster victima subsp. nitidiceps var. pergens Forel   HNS 1911b: 274. Unavailable name. [examined, MHNG; Cordillera, Paraguay (Fiebrig)] .

Crematogaster (Orthocrema) victima subsp. nitidiceps Emery   HNS . Emery 1924a: 136.

Crematogaster (Orthocrema) victima nitidiceps Emery   HNS . Kempf 1972: 90.

Crematogaster nitidiceps   HNS and Crematogaster victima   HNS occur in local sympatry across eastern Paraguay. There is no reason to consider the two forms conspecific, and indeed the two forms are likely not even close relatives. I have not examined type material of either form, but Jack Longino has confirmed the identification of both species in my Paraguayan material and concurs with a change in status for C. nitidiceps   HNS (Longino, pers. comm.). In Paraguay, the two species differ in a number of characters, including: antennal scapes in repose fail to meet posterior cephalic margin in C. nitidiceps   HNS but surpass posterior margin in C. victima   HNS ; head in full-face view longer than broad in C. niticeps   HNS but broader than long in C. victima   HNS ; sculpture of lateral face of pronotum smooth and shining in C. nitidiceps   HNS but punctate in C. victima   HNS ; dorsum of head bearing only one or two pairs of standing setae in C. niticeps   HNS but bearing> 20 standing clavate setae in C. victima   HNS . The two forms show additional differences in eye size, petiolar structure, and mesosomal structure.

MHNG

Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Crematogaster

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