Crematogaster pallida

Crematogaster pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. pallida
Binomial name
Crematogaster pallida Lowne, 1865

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

• pallida. Crematogaster pallidus Lowne, 1865b: 335 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, vic. Sydney, ix.-xi.1862 (B.T. Lowne).
  • Type-depository: unknown (perhaps BMNH (Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62)).
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 132.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 84; Emery, 1922e: 132; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Crematogaster pallidus Lowne, 1865: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s) (probable), Sydney (as Sidney), New South Wales, Australia, The Natural History Museum.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 132, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
• Lowne, B. T. 1865b. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. Entomologist 2: 331-336 (page 335, worker, queen described)