Crematogaster major

Blaimer, Bonnie B., 2012, A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 3482, pp. 47-67 : 56

Major lineages within the subgenus Crematogaster

The ‘ Crematogaster in the strict sense’ consist of a globally distributed and an Australo-Asian endemic clade, which on molecular basis form highly supported divergent lineages ( Fig. 2 ). Diagnostic morphological characters for these two clades have not been uncovered however. The type species of the genus Crematogaster , C. scutellaris belongs in the global clade.

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FIGURE 2. Bayesian phylogeny of Crematogaster as reconstructed by Blaimer (in press); this analysis was based upon 3384 bp from five nuclear genes. Outgroups have been pruned. Red circles indicate PP = 1.0 and bootstrap> 94; blue squares indicate PP> 0.94 and bootstrap> 74; yellow circles indicate where bootstrap <74 and PP> 0.94, in these cases both values are shown. Clade labels indicate I: subgenus Orthocrema, II + III: subgenus Crematogaster sensu stricto, II: Global Crematogaster clade, III: Australo-Asian Crematogaster clade. Labels i-xi refer to species-groups as outlined in the text.