Crematogaster emeryi

Crematogaster emeryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. emeryi
Binomial name
Crematogaster emeryi Forel, 1907 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Crematogaster biroi Emery, 1900

Identification

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Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.1398° to -5.1398°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

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.

• biroi. Crematogaster biroi Emery, 1900c: 332, pl. 8, figs. 39-41 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): (no further data) (L. Biró).
  • Type-depository: MSNG (perhaps also HNHM).
  • [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster biroi Mayr, 1897: 428.]
  • Replacement name: Crematogaster emeryi Forel, 1907a: 25.
• emeryi. Crematogaster emeryi Forel, 1907a: 25.
  • Replacement name for Crematogaster biroi Emery, 1900c: 332. [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster biroi Mayr, 1897: 428.]
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 133.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 133; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 97; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
  • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References

• Arnan, X., Angulo, E., Boulay, R., Molowny-Horas, R., Cerdá, X., Retana, J. 2021. Introduced ant species occupy empty climatic niches in Europe. Scientific Reports 11, 3280 (doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82982-y).
• Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338 (page 332, Replaced name)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 133, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
• Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 25, Replacement name for biroi)

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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Blaimer B. B. 2012. Acrobat ants go global – Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 421-436.
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• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
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• Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.