Crematogaster dohrni

Crematogaster dohrni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. dohrni
Binomial name
Crematogaster dohrni Mayr, 1879 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster dohrni artifex Mayr, 1879 Crematogaster dohrni fabricans Forel, 1911 Crematogaster dohrni gigas Forel, 1913 Crematogaster dohrni kerri Forel, 1911 Crematogaster dohrni kiangsiensis Forel, 1903

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Indian Crematogaster

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 24.00408° to 7.85°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a host for the aphelinid wasp Coccophagus saltator (a parasite) (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) (associate).
• This species is a host for the encyrtid wasp Encyrtus ingae (a parasite) (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) (associate).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Crematogaster dohrni kerri. Worker. Specimen code casent0907509. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Crematogaster dohrni kiangsiensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907512. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Crematogaster dohrni gigas. Worker. Specimen code casent0907516. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• dohrni. Crematogaster dohrni Mayr, 1879: 682 (w.) SRI LANKA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (C.A. Dohrn).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Combination in C.(Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 150;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1893f: 243; Emery, 1901f: 120; Forel, 1903a: 682; Bingham, 1903: 139; Forel, 1908a: 2; Forel, 1909e: 394; Forel, 1911i: 223; Emery, 1922e: 150; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 152; Tang, J. Li, et al. 1995: 66; Tiwari, 1999: 43; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 42; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 70; Khachonpisitsak, et al. 2020: 87.
  • Distribution: China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus artifex, fabricans, gigas, kerri, kiangsiensis.

References

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