Crematogaster frivola

Crematogaster frivola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. frivola
Binomial name
Crematogaster frivola Forel, 1902 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Crematogaster frivola sculpticeps Forel, 1907 Crematogaster perthensis Crawley, 1922

Found throughout the SWBP, WA and is often seen trailing on the ground as well as on vegetation. (Heterick 2009)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Crematogaster of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.3251° to -29.88333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

• frivola. Crematogaster frivolus Forel, 1902h: 412 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Kalgoorlie (W.W. Froggatt).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 132;
  • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Santschi, 1929f: 90;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1907h: 279; Emery, 1922e: 132; Santschi, 1929f: 90; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 61; Taylor, 1987a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Heterick, 2009: 148.
  • Senior synonym of perthensis: Heterick, 2009: 148 (in text).
  • Senior synonym of sculpticeps: Heterick, 2021: 12.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• perthensis. Crematogaster perthensis Crawley, 1922c: 21 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
  • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Perth no. 36 (J. Clark).
  • Type-depositories: BMNH, OXUM.
  • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 160.
  • Junior synonym of frivola: Heterick, 2009: 148 (in text).
• sculpticeps. Crematogaster frivola var. sculpticeps Forel, 1907h: 279 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Stat. 93, Kalgoorlie, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 132.
  • Subspecies of frivola: Emery, 1922e: 132; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 61; Taylor, 1987a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
  • Junior synonym of frivola: Heterick, 2021: 12.

Type Material

• Cremastogaster frivolus: Syntype, 3 workers, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Cremastogaster frivolus: Syntype, 1 worker, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Crematogaster perthensis: Syntype, 8 workers, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Crematogaster perthensis: Syntype, 2 workers, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Crematogaster perthensis: Syntype, 12 workers, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Queensland Museum.
• Crematogaster perthensis: Syntype, 9 workers, Perth [as Swan River], Western Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.
• Crematogaster perthensis: Syntype, 12 workers, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
• Crematogaster perthensis: Syntype, worker(s), male(s), Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Cremastogaster frivola sculpticeps: Syntype, worker, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Cremastogaster frivola sculpticeps: Syntype, 1 worker, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.

Taxonomic Notes

Heterick (2021): Based on the AntWeb images of syntypes, Crematogaster frivola and C. frivola sculpticeps are identical. Crematogaster frivola sculpticeps becomes a junior synonym in this work.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 132, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 412, worker described)
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Santschi, F. 1929f. Mélange myrmécologique. Wien. Entomol. Ztg. 46: 84-93 (page 90, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Crawley W. C. 1922. New ants from Australia (concluded from vol. ix. p. 449). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)10: 16-36.