Crematogaster elegans

Crematogaster elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Crematogaster elegans Smith, F., 1859 Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster tetracantha group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.12033° to -5.26569°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), New Guinea.

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.

• elegans. Crematogaster elegans Smith, F. 1859a: 149 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • [Notes (i): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 456, cites 2w OXUM; he points out that the two specimens present on the single card represented two separate species; (ii) the holotype of elegans is the specimen on the left, the holotype of mimicans Donisthorpe, 1932c: 475, is the specimen on the right.]
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in C. (Xiphocrema): Emery, 1922e: 139; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 456.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1922e: 139; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 456; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Aru Is).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Holotype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Aru.” The card has two specimens on it. The left hand specimen is the holotype of elegans, the right hand specimen is a different species and was made the holotype of C. mimicans Donisthorpe, 1932.

References

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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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