Crematogaster corticicola

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Crematogaster corticicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. corticicola
Binomial name
Crematogaster corticicola
Mayr, 1887

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to -28.05055556°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0173934. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • corticicola. Crematogaster distans var. corticicola Mayr, 1887: 625 (w.q.m.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1968b: 395), 5 paralectotype workers.
    • [Note: original description also mentions syntype males (numbers not stated), and 1 syntype queen.]
    • Type-locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina (Hetschko), paralectotypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135;
    • combination in C. (Neocrema): Kempf, 1972a: 83.
    • Subspecies of curvispinosa: Forel, 1895b: 131.
    • Subspecies of distans: Emery, 1888c: 356; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; von Jhering, 1894: 394; Emery, 1906c: 139; Forel, 1908c: 369; Bruch, 1914: 219; Luederwaldt, 1918: 41; Emery, 1922e: 135; Borgmeier, 1927c: 94; Gallardo, 1934: 57; Kusnezov, 1953b: 337.
    • Status as species: Kempf, 1968b: 394 (redescription); Kempf, 1969: 277; Kempf, 1972a: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 151; Wild, 2007b: 32.
    • Senior synonym of rugiceps: Kempf, 1968b: 394; Kempf, 1972a: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
    • Material of the unavailable name pullipes referred here by Kempf, 1968b: 394; Kempf, 1972a: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
    • Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.
  • rugiceps. Crematogaster distans var. rugiceps Forel, 1911c: 301 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Paraná, São Paulo) (attributed to Mayr).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-localities: Brazil: Paraná, Castro (v. Ihering), Brazil: São Paulo, Ypiranga (Lüderwaldt).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Misspelled as rugifrons by Forel, 1914e: 11.]
    • Gallardo, 1931b: 304 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Neocrema): Santschi, 1920d: 379;
    • combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
    • Subspecies of distans: Forel, 1912f: 218; Forel, 1915c: 356; Bruch, 1915: 530; Luederwaldt, 1918: 41; Santschi, 1920d: 379; Emery, 1922e: 135; Borgmeier, 1927c: 94; Santschi, 1929d: 295; Gallardo, 1931b: 301; Gallardo, 1934: 59; Kusnezov, 1953b: 337.
    • Junior synonym of corticicola: Kempf, 1968b: 394; Kempf, 1972a: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 161.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 139, Variety/subspecies of distans)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 135, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
  • Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Bol. Mus. Para. Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 1: 89-139 (page 131, Variety/subspecies of curvispinosa)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1968b. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 11: 369-415 (page 394, Raised to species, senior synonym of rugiceps, and material of the unavailable name pullipes referred here.)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 83, Combination in C. (Neocrema))
  • Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 511-632 (page 625, worker, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Drose W., L. R. Podgaiski, C. Fagundes Dias, M. de Souza Mendonca. 2019. Local and regional drivers of ant communities in forest-grassland ecotones in South Brazil: A taxonomic and phylogenetic approach. Plos ONE 14(4): e0215310.
  • Favretto M. A., E. Bortolon dos Santos, and C. J. Geuster. 2013. Entomofauna from West of Santa Catarina State, South of Brazil. EntomoBrasilis 6 (1): 42-63.
  • Forel A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58: 340-418.
  • Forel A. 1911. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911: 285-312.
  • Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 19: 211-237.
  • Gallardo A. 1931. Algunas formas sexuales aún no descriptas de las hormigas del género Crematogaster de la República Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 3: 297-304.
  • Gallardo A. 1934. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Mirmicinas, segunda sección Eumyrmicinae, tribu Crematogastrini (Forel), género Crematogaster Lund. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 38: 1-84.
  • Ilha C., J. A. Lutinski, D. Von Muller Pereira, F. R. Mello Garcia. 2009. Riqueza de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Bacia da Sanga Caramuru, municipio de Chapeco-SC. Biotemas 22(4): 95-105.
  • Kempf W. W. 1968. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 11: 369-415.
  • Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov N. 1978. Hormigas argentinas: clave para su identificación. Miscelánea. Instituto Miguel Lillo 61:1-147 + 28 pl.
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  • Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.
  • Lutinski J. A., B. C. Lopes, and A. B. B.de Morais. 2013. Diversidade de formigas urbanas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de dez cidades do sul do Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 13(3): 332-342.
  • Lutinski J. A., F. R. Mello Garcia, C. J. Lutinska, and S. Iop. 2008. Ants diversity in Floresta Nacional de Chapecó in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria 38(7): 1810-1816.
  • Menozzi C. 1926. Neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 69: 68-72.
  • Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
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