Crematogaster razana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster razana

Name

• Crematogaster razana Blaimer, 2012: fig. 30

Holotype: CASC CASENT0149655, BLF21485, worker.

Type locality: MADAGASCAR: Toliara: R.S. Kalambatritra: -23.4185, 46.4583, 1365m, grassland, under stone; 8.ii.2009; B.L.Fisher et al.

Etymology: TheMalagasy word “razana” means ancestor and alludes to the isolated distribution of this species and its phylogenetic position within the Crematogaster madecassa-group. This name should be treated as a noun in apposition.

Primary references

• Blaimer, B.B. 2012: Taxonomy and species-groups of the subgenus Crematogaster (Orthocrema) in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys, 199: 23–70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.199.2631 Reference page.