Crematogaster cristata

Crematogaster cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. cristata
Binomial name
Crematogaster cristata Santschi, 1929 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Crematogaster terricola Borgmeier, 1929

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.505° to -22.5108°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Crematogaster terricola. Worker. Specimen code casent0912764. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• cristata. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) cristata Santschi, 1929d: 294 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
  • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1968b: 384), 1 paralectotype worker.
  • Type-locality: lectotype Brazil: Petropolis (Reichensperger); paralectotype with same data.
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Status as species: Kempf, 1968b: 384; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
  • Senior synonym of terricola: Kempf, 1968b: 384; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
  • Distribution: Brazil.
• terricola. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) terricola Borgmeier, 1929: 210, pl. 6, fig. 1; pl. 7, fig. 7 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, 1918 (T. Borgmeier).
  • Type-depository: MZSP.
  • [Crematogaster terricola Borgmeier, 1927c: 96. Nomen nudum.]
  • Junior synonym of cristata: Kempf, 1968b: 384; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 164.

References

• Kempf, W. W. 1968b. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 11: 369-415 (page 384, Senior synonym of terricola)
• Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 107: 273-316 (page 294, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).