Crematogaster rogenhoferi (lat.) Is a species of ant of the genus Crematogaster from the subfamily Myrmicinae ( Formicidae ). Southeast Asia [1] .
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Spread
Southeast Asia , including Myanmar [1] , Indonesia [2] , Thailand [3] , Philippines [4] , China [5] , Vietnam [6] , Sri Lanka [7] [8] .
Description
Propodeum with long epinotic spines. Small ants (workers have a length of about 4 mm, the uterus is larger). The propodeal spines on the posterior chest are developed. Antennae 11-segmented. The head is sub-square. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and the postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, the pupae are bare (without cocoon). Characterized by the ability to recline the abdomen on the back when spraying scare substances. The taxon was first described as a subspecies in 1879 by the Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr based on materials from Burma [1] [9] . Sexual individuals (females and males) were described in 1913 [10] .
On the island of Taiwan , myrmecophilous relationships with dove moths, Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman) ( Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae ), have been found. Their caterpillars are not only phytophages of plant material in anthills, but also predators on scale insects bred by ants [11] .
In Thailand (Tarutao National Park, Satun Province), C. rogenhoferi tree nests were located in tree branches ( Vitex pinnata L. , Oleasalicifolia Wall , Syzygium gratum (Wight) , Ardisia elliptica Thum ) at heights from 248 to 469 cm. Anthills contain the average in each nest is 1.53 ± 0.38 queens, 1753.33 ± 506.55 winged females, 4970.67 ± 2227.00 winged males, 15577.93 ± 2637.84 workers, and also brood in the amount of 1,589.93 ± 480.37 pupae, 4113.20 ± 1469.49 larvae and 1942.80 ± 741.67 eggs. The total population is 29949.40 ± 5358.31 [3]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Emery, C. 1922. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 150, composed of the subgenus Acrocoelia).
- ↑ Crawley, WC 1924a. Ants from Sumatra, with biological notes by Edward Jacobson. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 (13): 380-409 (page 395, from Sumatra is listed as a subspecies of dohrni species)
- ↑ 1 2 Watanasit Suparoek, Jantarit Sopark. (2006). The ant nest of Crematogaster rogenhoferi (Mayr, 1879) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) at Tarutao National Park, Satun Province, Southern Thailand. - Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 28 (4): 723-730 · July 2006
- ↑ Baltazar, CR 1966. A catalog of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pac. Insects Monogr. 8: 1-488 (page 249, on the list of Philippine ants)
- ↑ Wheeler, WM 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 5: 53-81 (page 66, in the list of China's ants; restored to species status)
- Gu Eguchi, K., Bui, TV, Yamane, Sk., Okido, H. & Ogata, K. 2005. Anthunas of Ba Vi and Tam Dao, North Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, 27: 77-98.
- ↑ Channa NB Bambaradeniya (ed.). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation . IUCN, 2006 - 308p.
- ↑ Sriyani Dias RK 2006. Current Taxonomic Status of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Sri Lanka. - The Fauna of Sri Lanka 43-52. Colombo, Sri Lanka
- ↑ Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verh. Kk Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 28: 645-686 (page 683, description of workers)
- ↑ Forel, A. 1913. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 79 (6 6: 183-202 (page 194, description of females and males)
- ↑ Yu-Feng Hsu, Chia-Lung Huang, Hang-Chi Huang. Immature biology and morphology of the obligate myrmecophilous butterfly Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Taiwan (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2016. - Vol. 4139, no. 2 - P. 274–284. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
Literature
- Emery, C. 1922. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206.
- Johnson, C. 1988. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. J. Entomol. Sci. 23: 314-332.