Crematogaster dispar

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Crematogaster dispar
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster rufotestacea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster dispar
Forel, 1902

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Specimen Labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster rufotestacea.

Nomenclature

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

  • dispar. Crematogaster sordidula r. dispar Forel, 1902h: 412 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Bendigo (Froggatt).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 132.
    • Subspecies of sordidula: Wheeler, W.M. 1909a: 27; Forel, 1910b: 31; Forel, 1915b: 54.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 132; Wheeler, W.M. 1934d: 145; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 61; Taylor, 1987a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 152; Heterick, 2009: 147.
    • Distribution: Australia.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus bipartita.

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