Crematogaster subdentata kaschgariensis

Crematogaster subdentata kaschgariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. subdentata
Subspecies:	C. subdentata kaschgariensis
Trinomial name
	Crematogaster subdentata kaschgariensis; Forel, 1901

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Pakistan.
Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

kaschgariensis. Crematogaster inermis r. kaschgariensis Forel, 1901h: 63 (w.) CHINA (Xinjiang).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: China: Xinjiang, Kashgar Darya, Maralbashi, 6.xii.1894 (Tancré).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Note: material initially in Hamburg Natural History Museum, probably destroyed in Wolrd War II.]
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 144.
- Subspecies of subdentata: Forel, 1904b: 372; Emery, 1912e: 665; Emery, 1922e: 144; Menozzi, 1939a: 300; Pisarski, 1967: 391; Bolton, 1995b: 155; Rasheed, et al. 2019: 432.
- Distribution: Afghanistan, China, Pakistan.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 144, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 63, worker described)
Forel, A. 1904c [1903]. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388 (page 372, Variety of subdentata)
Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).