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Crematogaster flava
| Crematogaster flava | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster flava Forel, 1886
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Identification
A member of the Crematogaster rogenhoferi group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.812778° to 30.3416°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Nepal.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0193691. Photographer Bonnie Blaimer, uploaded by Curator Bonnie Blaimer. | Owned by BBBC, Bonnie B. Blaimer Collection. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- flava. Crematogaster flava Forel, 1886d: 248 (w.) INDIA (Assam).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Assam, Sibsagar (= Sivasagar) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also IMKI).
- Tiwari, 1999: 44 (q.).
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922e: 151.
- Subspecies of dohrni: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 90.
- Subspecies of rogenhoferi: Forel, 1903a: 682; Forel, 1906b: 89; Menozzi, 1939a: 302 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 153.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Bingham, 1903: 142; Tiwari, 1999: 44 (redescription); Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 325; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36.
- Distribution: India.
Description
References
- Akbar, S.A., Bharti, H., Wachkoo, A.A. 2023. Crematogaster bonnieae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new acrobat-ant species from the Western Ghats, India. Annales Zoologici Fennici 60, 9-17 (doi:10.5735/086.060.0103).
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2024. Crematogaster gadagkari sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species of an acrobat ant from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 26(1): 17-25 (doi:10.51963/jers.v26i1.2453).
- Forel, A. 1886d. Indian ants of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, No. 2. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal Part II Nat. Sci. 55: 239-249 (page 248, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1903a. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715 (page 682, Variety of rogenhoferi)
- Stukalyuk, S.V., Kozyr, M.S., Netsvetov, M.V., Zhuravlev, V.V. 2020. Effect of the invasive phanerophytes and associated aphids on the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) assemblages. Halteres 11: 56-89 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4192900).
- Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).
- Tiwari, R.N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Zool. Surv. India 18(4): 1-96 (page 44, queen described)
- Tiwari, R.N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Zool. Surv. India 18(4): 1-96 (page 44, Revived status as species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
- Hosoishi S. and K. Ogata. 2009. A check list of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Inst. Trop. Agr. Kyushu Univ. 32: 43-83.
- Mathew R., and R. N. Tiwari. 2000. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 251-409 in: Director; Zoological Survey of India (ed.) 2000. Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000. Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp.
- Tiwari R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4): 1-96.
- Tiwari R. N., B. G. Kundu, S. Roy Chowdhury, and S. N. Ghosh. 2003. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Fauna of Sikkim. Part 4. State Fauna Series. 9.Zool.Surv.India. i-iii, 1-512. Chapter pagination: 467-506.
- Tiwari R.N., B.G. Kundu, S. Roychowdhury, S.N. Ghosh. 1999. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 211-294 in: Director; Zoological Survey of India (ed.) 1999. Fauna of West Bengal. Part 8. Insecta (Trichoptera, Thysanoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera and Anoplura). Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, iv + 442 pp.