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Crematogaster australis
| Crematogaster australis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster australis Mayr, 1876
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Identification
Distribution
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- australis. Crematogaster australis Mayr, 1876: 108 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Peak Downs (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 28 (l.).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 79; Crawley, 1915b: 236; Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 60; Taylor, 1987a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
- Distribution: Australia.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus chillagoensis, sycites.
Type Material
- Cremastogaster australis Mayr, 1876: Syntype, many workers, queens, males, Peak Downs, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 152, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- 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).
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 108, worker, queen, male described)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1973a. The ant larvae of six tribes: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 8: 27-39 (page 28, larva described)