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Crematogaster insularis
| Crematogaster insularis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. insularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster insularis Smith, F., 1859 | |
Identification
Distribution
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. |
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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.
- insularis. Crematogaster insularis Smith, F. 1859a: 149 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 456, cites 2w OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru” (A.R. Wallace).
- Type-depository: OXUM.
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 456.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Emery, 1922e: 158; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 456; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 155.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Aru Is).
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Two worker syntypes in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Aru.”
Description
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 456, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
- Smith, F. 1859a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 3: 132-158 (page 149, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.