Crematogaster acaciae Forel, 1892

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 acaciae Forel, 1892

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Crematogaster acaciae Forel, 1892: 141 (w) Ethiopia. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Body uniform yellow; head, in full-face view, with a shallow frontal triangle and without longitudinal carina; postpetiole in dorsal view broader posteriorly than anteriorly; propodeal dorsum seen from above longitudinally striated.

Material examined

This species was not collected during the present study.

Ecological and biological notes

Nothing has been reported on the ecology of this species.

Geographic range

Originally described from Ethiopia and subsequently recorded from Oman ( Collingwood 1985; Collingwood & Agosti 1996). This species was previously recorded from Dhofar based on two workers ( Collingwood 1985).

Figures

Fig. 30. Crematogaster acaciae Forel, 1892, syntype, worker (CASENT0908494, AntWeb.org (Zach Lieberman)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.