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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Crematogastrini » Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster)

Genus Crematogaster - Acrobat Ants

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
ants in a bee hive - Crematogaster ant - Crematogaster cerasi Ant - Crematogaster parapilosa - female acrobat ant - Crematogaster Treehopper nymph tended by ant on honey locust - Crematogaster Crematogaster Sp ID request - Crematogaster - female Queen, Crematogaster? - Crematogaster - female Crematogaster cerasi? - Crematogaster cerasi - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Crematogastrini
Genus Crematogaster (Acrobat Ants)
Explanation of Names
Crematogaster Lund 1831
Misspelling of Greek kremastos 'hanging, suspended' + gaster 'stomach' (refers to the dorsal attachment of postpetiole to gaster)
Numbers
28 spp. in our area, close to 500 total
Size
workers and males 2.5‒3.5 mm, queens about twice as long.
Identification
The heart-shaped gaster (as viewed from above) and dorsal articulation of the postpetiole to the gaster distinguish this genus
our fauna reviwed in (1)
Range
cosmopolitan
Habitat
Northern and desert species soil-inhabiting, most species of the warm, humid Southeast arboreal or semi-arboreal.
Food
Honeydew, extrafloral nectar, scavenged protein from bird and other droppings, carrion.
Internet References
key to species found in AL‒MS
Works Cited
1.A review of the species of Crematogaster, sensu stricto, in North America (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part II. Descriptions of ne
Buren, W.F. 1968. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society: 3: 91-121.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 September, 2005 - 4:35pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, James C. Trager, v belov, Edward Ruden, PaleoJon
Last updated 15 June, 2024 - 11:42pm

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