Crematogaster laboriosa

Crematogaster laboriosa
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Crematogaster nawai)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	Crematogaster laboriosa Smith, F., 1874

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Crematogaster nawai.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• laboriosa. Crematogaster laboriosa Smith, F. 1874: 407 (w.) JAPAN.
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Japan: Hiogo (G. Lewis).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • [Misspelled as laborisa by Lin & Wu, 2003: 62.]
  • [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster laboriosus Smith, F. 1860b: 109.]
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 109 (m.); Imai, 1966: 119 (k.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 143;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Yano, 1910: 419; Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 535; Emery, 1922e: 143; Santschi, 1925f: 85; Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 108 (redescription); Santschi, 1928b: 33; Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 99; Santschi, 1930c: 264; Santschi, 1937h: 371; Teranishi, 1940: 52; Azuma, 1950: 34; Azuma, 1951: 87; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 91; Azuma, 1953: 2; Azuma, 1977: 113; Onoyama, 1980: 198; Ogata, 1991b: 128; Morisita, et al. 1992: 61; Bolton, 1995b: 155; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 64; Lin & Wu, 2003: 62 (error); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 42 (error).
  • Replacement name: Crematogaster auberti var. nawai Ito, 1914: 41.
  • [Note: nawai junior synonym of laboriosa Smith, F. 1874: 407 (synonymy by Onoyama, 1998: 230); hence nawai first available replacement name.]

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 143, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Imai, H. T. 1966b. The chromosome observation techniques of ants and the chromosomes of Formicinae and Myrmicinae. Acta Hymenopterol. 2: 119-131 (page 119, karyotype described)
• Onoyama, K. 1998. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Crematogaster in Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Sci. 1: 227-232 (page 230, Synonym of nawai which is hence first available replacement name)
• Smith, F. 1874b. Descriptions of new species of Tenthredinidae, Ichneumonidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae, &c. of Japan. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1874: 373-409 (page 407, worker described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1928d. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 22: 96-125 (page 109, male described)