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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F3D4D79E37EAFE62" bold="true" box="[151,463,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster quadriformis</emphasis>
Roger 1863
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a
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.
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D7FE37DDFE5D" box="[199,504,472,495]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster quadriformis</emphasis>
Roger 1863a: 207
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D7DE37DDFDBD" ID-CoL="6BDD8" box="[199,504,504,527]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D7DE37DDFDBD" box="[199,504,504,527]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster quadriformis</emphasis>
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var.
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Forel 1901
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c.
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F067D7D13228FDBD" bold="true" box="[804,1037,503,527]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">NEW SYNONYMY.</emphasis>
[w
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examined, MHNG; São Paulo,
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D41E37DDFDFD" ID-CoL="6BDD8" box="[199,504,568,591]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D41E37DDFDFD" box="[199,504,568,591]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster quadriformis</emphasis>
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subsp.
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F10BD41E34BBFDFD" box="[584,670,568,591]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">vezenyii</emphasis>
Forel 1907b: 25
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.
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F01FD4113261FDFD" bold="true" box="[860,1092,567,591]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">NEW SYNONYMY.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D47E37DDFDDD" ID-CoL="6BDD8" box="[199,504,600,623]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D47E37DDFDDD" box="[199,504,600,623]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster quadriformis</emphasis>
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r.
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F151D47E3553FDDD" authority="Forel. Forel 1912c: 218" authorityName="Forel. Forel" authorityPageNumber="218" authorityYear="1912" box="[530,886,600,623]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilior">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F151D47E3455FDDD" box="[530,624,600,623]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">gracilior</emphasis>
Forel. Forel 1912c: 218
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D45E3591FD3D" ID-CoL="6BDD8" authority="Roger. Santschi 1918: 182" authorityName="Roger. Santschi" authorityPageNumber="182" authorityYear="1918" box="[199,948,632,655]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis" subGenus="Orthocrema">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D45E3743FD3D" box="[199,358,632,655]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F236D45E37D3FD3D" box="[373,502,632,655]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Orthocrema</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F145D45E34B4FD3D" box="[518,657,632,655]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">quadriformis</emphasis>
Roger. Santschi 1918: 182
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D4BE34B4FD1D" ID-CoL="6BDD8" box="[199,657,664,687]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis" subGenus="Orthocrema">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D4BE3743FD1D" box="[199,358,664,687]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F236D4BE37D3FD1D" box="[373,502,664,687]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Orthocrema</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F145D4BE34B4FD1D" box="[518,657,664,687]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">quadriformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subsp.
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F1A1D4BE3270FD1D" authority="Forel. Emery 1924a: 135" authorityName="Forel. Emery" authorityPageNumber="135" authorityYear="1924" box="[738,1109,664,687]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilior">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F1A1D4BE3564FD1D" box="[738,833,664,687]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">gracilior</emphasis>
Forel. Emery 1924a: 135
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D49E34B4FD7D" ID-CoL="6BDD8" box="[199,657,696,719]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis" subGenus="Orthocrema">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D49E3743FD7D" box="[199,358,696,719]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F236D49E37D3FD7D" box="[373,502,696,719]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Orthocrema</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F145D49E34B4FD7D" box="[518,657,696,719]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">quadriformis</emphasis>
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subsp.
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F1A1D49E3269FD7D" ID-CoL="5WVZQ" authority="Forel. Emery 1924a: 135" authorityName="Forel. Emery" authorityPageNumber="135" authorityYear="1924" box="[738,1100,696,719]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vezenyii">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F1A1D49E351DFD7D" box="[738,824,696,719]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">vezenyii</emphasis>
Forel. Emery 1924a: 135
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFF5FFF1F384D4FE35DCFD5D" blockId="51.[151,1435,440,783]" box="[199,1017,728,751]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D4FE35D0FD5D" ID-CoL="5GNVV" authority="Forel. Kempf 1972: 88" authorityName="Forel. Kempf" authorityPageNumber="88" authorityYear="1972" box="[199,1013,728,751]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="quadriformis" subGenus="Orthocrema" subSpecies="gracilior">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D4FE3743FD5D" box="[199,358,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F236D4FE37D3FD5D" box="[373,502,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Orthocrema</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F145D4FE34D2FD5D" box="[518,759,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">quadriformis gracilior</emphasis>
Forel. Kempf 1972: 88
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F384D4DE35DDFCBD" authority="Forel. Kempf 1972: 89" authorityName="Forel. Kempf" authorityPageNumber="89" authorityYear="1972" box="[199,1016,760,783]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="quadriformis" subGenus="Orthocrema" subSpecies="vezeneyii">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F384D4DE3743FCBD" box="[199,358,760,783]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F236D4DE37D3FCBD" box="[373,502,760,783]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Orthocrema</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F145D4DE34DFFCBD" box="[518,762,760,783]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">quadriformis vezeneyii</emphasis>
Forel. Kempf 1972: 89
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F3D4D56637EFFCE5" box="[151,458,832,855]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F3D4D56637EFFCE5" box="[151,458,832,855]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster quadriformis</emphasis>
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is the most frequently recorded ground-nesting
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F09DD5663258FCE5" box="[990,1149,832,855]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F09DD5663258FCE5" box="[990,1149,832,855]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster</emphasis>
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in
<collectingCountry id="F37C760DFFF5FFF1F7E6D566332FFCE5" box="[1189,1290,832,855]" name="Paraguay" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
. This species can be diagnosed by the following combination of character states: propodeum in profile only slightly or not at all depressed below level of mesonotum; propodeal spines elongate but shorter than length of petiole; antennal scapes equal or greater in length than head length, in repose well exceeding the posterior margins of the head in full-face view; head sculpture densely punctate/striate except for a smooth frontal strip;&gt;20 subdecumbent to suberect setae on the first gastric tergite.
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFF5FFF1F252D5CB3464FBB6" box="[273,577,1005,1028]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadriformis">
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F252D5CB3464FBB6" box="[273,577,1005,1028]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Crematogaster quadriformis</emphasis>
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shows considerable variation even within nest series in overall size, pilosity, eye size, and extent of punctation/striation on the head.
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Jack Longino examined some recent Paraguayan collections and confirmed the identity of this species as
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F66FD21436FEFBDE" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">C. quadriformis</emphasis>
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. I have subsequently viewed Forels
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of
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F1FDD27335E8FBDE" box="[702,973,1109,1132]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">C. quadriformis gracilior</emphasis>
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from São Paulo and found them to fall well within the range of variation I have observed in
<collectingCountry id="F37C760DFFF5FFF1F1DBD25E34D9FB3D" box="[664,764,1144,1167]" name="Paraguay" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
, so I synonymize
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F0FFD25E321FFB3D" box="[956,1082,1144,1167]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">C. gracilior</emphasis>
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here.
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I was not able to view Forels
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of
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F13ED2BC35ACFB03" box="[637,905,1178,1201]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">C. quadriformis vezenyii</emphasis>
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, described from material collected in Asunción. Forels description notes small size, a more shiny head, and lack of a well-developed tooth in the propodeal suture. These character states are common in the
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F151D2C63499FB45" box="[530,700,1248,1271]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">C. quadriformis</emphasis>
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material I have examined towards the small end of the size distribution of nest series, so I find it likely that
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F10CD3243572FAAB" box="[591,855,1282,1305]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">C. quadriformis vezenyii</emphasis>
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is a collection of a young nest or small workers of
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFF5FFF1F6C7D3243707FA8E" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">C. quadriformis</emphasis>
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.
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