Crematogaster coriaria compacta

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Crematogaster coriaria compacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. coriaria
Subspecies: C. coriaria compacta
Trinomial name
Crematogaster coriaria compacta
Crawley, 1924

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.

  • compacta. Crematogaster (Paracrema) spengeli subsp. compacta Crawley, 1924: 398 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Suban Ajam, vii.1916 (E. Jacobson).
    • Type-depository: OXUM.
    • Subspecies of spengeli: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
    • Subspecies of coriaria: Hosoishi & Ogata, 2015b: 4 (by implication, as spengeli synonymised under coriaria).
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Description

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