Crematogaster mjobergi

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Crematogaster mjobergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. mjobergi
Binomial name
Crematogaster mjobergi
Forel, 1915

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.9895° to -16.9895°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0193799. Photographer Bonnie Blaimer, uploaded by Curator Bonnie Blaimer. Owned by BBBC, Bonnie B. Blaimer Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • mjobergi. Crematogaster mjobergi Forel, 1915b: 54 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Kimberley Dist. (E. Mjöberg).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG (perhaps also in NHRS).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 158.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Blaimer B. B. 2012. Acrobat ants go global – Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 421-436.
  • Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.