Crematogaster major flavior

Crematogaster major flavior
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. major
Subspecies:	C. major flavior
Trinomial name
Crematogaster major flavior Donisthorpe, 1941

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.

Nomenclature

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

• flavior. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) major subsp. flavior Donisthorpe, 1941b: 40 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
  • Type-material: 7 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”): Cyclops Mts, Sabron, 930 ft, vi.1935, tube 194 (L.E. Cheesman).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Subspecies of major: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1941b. New ants from Waigeu Island, New Guinea, and the Solomons. Entomologist 74: 36-42 (page 40, worker described)