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Crematogaster kirbii
| Crematogaster kirbii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. kirbii |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster kirbii (Sykes, 1835) | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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.
- kirbii. Myrmica kirbii Sykes, 1835: 99, pl. 13, figs. 1-4 (w.q.m.) INDIA (Maharashtra).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: India (“India Orientali”): vic. Poona (= Pune) (H.W. Sykes) (Mus. Dom. Sykes).
- Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
- [Note: there is no entry for Sykes in Horn & Kahle, 1936: 273.]
- [Misspelled as kirbzii by Jerdon, 1851: 114; misspelled as kirbyi by Roger, 1863b: 37, and others.]
- Combination in Crematogaster: Smith, F. 1858b: 136;
- combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 151;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Unidentifiable taxon: Forel, 1903a: 682.
- Status as species: Jerdon, 1851: 114; Smith, F. 1858b: 136; Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Smith, F. 1871a: 329; Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Emery, 1922e: 151; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 155; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36.
- Distribution: India.
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).
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 151, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 136, Combination in Crematogaster)
- Sykes, W. H. 1835. Descriptions of new species of Indian ants. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1: 99-107 (page 99, pl. 13, figs. 1-4 worker, queen, male described)