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Crematogaster clarior
| Crematogaster clarior | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. clarior |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster clarior Forel, 1902
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.5° to -20.5°.
| 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. |
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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.
- clarior. Crematogaster laeviceps var. clarior Forel, 1902h: 414 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (Turner).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152.
- Subspecies of laeviceps: Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 61; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
- Status as species: Heterick, 2021: 12.
- Senior synonym of pythia: Heterick, 2021: 12.
- Distribution: Australia.
- pythia. Crematogaster pythia Forel, 1915b: 53 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Yarrabah (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG (perhaps also in NHRS).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 160.
- Junior synonym of clarior: Heterick, 2021: 12.
Type Material
- Crematogaster laeviceps clarior: Syntype, 3 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Cremastogaster pythia: Syntype, 1 worker, Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
Taxonomic Notes
Heterick (2021): Examination of the type images on AntWeb make it abundantly clear that Crematogaster pythia is a junior synonym of C. laeviceps clarior, which is a distinct taxon to Crematogaster laeviceps and is raised to species status in this work.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 152, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 414, 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 61, Subspecies of laeviceps)