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Crematogaster laevissima
| Crematogaster laevissima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. laevissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster laevissima Smith, F., 1860
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Images from AntWeb
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| Holotype of Crematogaster laevissima. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901441. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- laevissima. Crematogaster laevissimus Smith, F. 1860a: 74 (q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458, cites 1q OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Makassar, “MAK.” (A.R. Wallace).
- Type-depository: OXUM.
- [Misspelled as levissima by Roger, 1863b: 37, Dalla Torre, 1893: 83, and others.]
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Dalla Torre, 1893: 83; Emery, 1901g: 567; Emery, 1922e: 158; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Crematogaster laevissimus
Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “MAK.”
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 458, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Smith, F. 1860a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 57-93 (page 74, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
- 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.