Crematogaster javanica

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Crematogaster javanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species group: quadriruga
Species: C. javanica
Binomial name
Crematogaster javanica
Menozzi, 1935

Identification

Hosoishi and Ogata (2016) - A member of the Crematogaster quadriruga group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • javanica. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) javanica Menozzi, 1935a: 108, fig. 4 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Tjiapers, nr Buitenzorg (= Bogor), no. 2365 (W. Karawaiew).
    • Type-depository: IEUB (perhaps also SIZK).
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 155; Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010b: 346; Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016a: 583.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Hosoishi and Ogata (2016) - Worker, Tjiapers, Java, Indonesia (2365) (probably in Istituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" , not seen).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Hosoichi S., and K. Ogata. 2016. Systematics and biogeography of the ant genus Crematogaster Lund subgenus Orthocrema Santschi in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176: 547–606.
  • 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.
  • Hosoishi S., Yamane S., and K. Ogata. 2010. Subterranean species of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science 13: 345–350.
  • Menozzi C. 1935. Formiche indo-australiane del genere Crematogaster Lund raccolte da W. Karawaiew. Konowia. 14: 103-116.