Crematogaster brunnea sundaica

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Crematogaster brunnea sundaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. brunnea
Subspecies: C. brunnea sundaica
Trinomial name
Crematogaster brunnea sundaica
Forel, 1909

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • sundaica. Crematogaster subnuda var. sundaica Forel, 1909d: 225 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java (E. Jacobson).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922e: 150.
    • Subspecies of brunnea: Santschi, 1928b: 33; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 163.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1909i. Ameisen aus Java und Krakatau beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. Notes Leyden Mus. 31: 221-232 (page 225, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1928b. Nouvelles fourmis de Chine et du Turkestan Russe. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 68: 31-46 (page 33, Variety of brunnea)