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Crematogaster dohrni gigas
| Crematogaster dohrni gigas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. dohrni |
| Subspecies: | C. dohrni gigas |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster dohrni gigas Forel, 1913 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (type locality).
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. |
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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.
- gigas. Crematogaster dohrni var. gigas Forel, 1913k: 74 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Maha Iluppalama, (2.xii.1911-27.i.1912?), “individual foragers” (H. von Buttel-Reepen).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 150.
- Subspecies of dohrni: Emery, 1922e: 150; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 71.
- Distribution: Sri Lanka.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 150, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 74, worker described)