Crematogaster irritabilis subtilis
Crematogaster irritabilis subtilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. irritabilis |
Subspecies: | C. irritabilis subtilis |
Trinomial name | |
Crematogaster irritabilis subtilis Viehmeyer, 1914 |
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- subtilis. Crematogaster irritabilis var. subtilis Viehmeyer, 1914b: 32 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“German New Guinea”): Wareo (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MNHU (or perhaps SMTD).
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 133.
- Subspecies of irritabilis: Emery, 1922e: 133; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 163.
- Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 133, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
- Viehmeyer, H. 1914b. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79 (A.12) (1913): 24-60. (page 32, worker described)