Crematogaster delitescens

Crematogaster delitescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. delitescens
Binomial name
Crematogaster delitescens Wheeler, W.M., 1921

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: French Guiana, Guyana (type locality), Lesser Antilles, Suriname.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• delitescens. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) delitescens Wheeler, W.M. 1921f: 152 (w.q.) GUYANA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): nr Kartabo, Cuyuni Trail, in Tachigalia, 24.vii.1920 (W.M. Wheeler).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 195; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
  • Distribution: Guyana, St Lucia.

References

• Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1921f. The Tachigalia ants. Zoologica (N. Y.) 3: 137-168 (page 152, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Wheeler W. M. 1921. The Tachigalia ants. Zoologica (New York) 3: 137-168.