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Crematogaster himalayana
| Crematogaster himalayana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. himalayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster himalayana Forel, 1902
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.42° to 35.42°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (type locality), Nepal, Pakistan.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- himalayana. Crematogaster himalayanus Forel, 1902c: 202 (w.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, “Himalaya”).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: India: Dharmsala (Fulton), India: Himalaya, 7000 ft (Smythies), India: Mussories (G.A.J. Rothney).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 151;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 683; Bingham, 1903: 143; Forel, 1906b: 89; Emery, 1922e: 151; Menozzi, 1939a: 302 (in key); Eidmann, 1942: 247; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 154; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36; Rasheed, et al. 2019: 432.
- Distribution: India, Pakistan.
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).
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 151, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249 (page 202, worker described)
- Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
- 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).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.
- Eidmann H. 1942. Zur Kenntnis der Ameisenfauna des Nanga Parbat. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 75: 239-266.
- Forel A. 1902. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249.
- Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
- Forel A. 1906. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42: 79-94.
- 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.
- Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.