Calomyrmex purpureus smaragdinus

Calomyrmex purpureus smaragdinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Calomyrmex
Species:	C. purpureus
Subspecies:	C. purpureus smaragdinus
Trinomial name
Calomyrmex purpureus smaragdinus Emery, 1898

Photo Gallery

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  Calomyrmex purpureus smaragdinus workers, South Australia. Photo by Mark Newton.
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  Calomyrmex purpureus smaragdinus workers, South Australia. Photo by Mark Newton.
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  A worker in its defensive position, with its gaster raised. South Australia. Photo by Mark Newton.
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  Worker at its nest entrance. South Australia. Photo by Mark Newton.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.5° to -18.5°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

Nomenclature

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

• smaragdinus. Calomyrmex purpureus var. smaragdina Emery, 1898b: 238 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Adelaide (J.G.O. Tepper).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Calomyrmex purpureus var. smaragdina: Emery, 1898a: 227. Nomen nudum.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 820; Emery, 1925b: 175.
  • Subspecies of purpureus: Forel, 1902h: 507; Forel, 1915b: 106; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109; Taylor, 1987a: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Calomyrmex purpureus smaragdina Emery, 1898: Holotype, worker, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1898b. Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Note sinonimiche. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 2: 231-245 (page 238, worker described)
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 109, subspecies of purpureus)