Crematogaster frivola sculpticeps

Crematogaster frivola sculpticeps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster frivola)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	Crematogaster frivola sculpticeps Forel, 1907

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster frivola.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• sculpticeps. Crematogaster frivola var. sculpticeps Forel, 1907h: 279 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Kalgoorlie, stat. 93, 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.
  • Distribution: Australia.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 132, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
• Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 279, worker described)
• 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).
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 61, Subspecies of frivola)