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Crematogaster pallipes
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. pallipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster pallipes Mayr, 1862
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Identification
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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pallipes. Crematogaster pallipes Mayr, 1862: 768 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (Novara Expd.) (sent by R. von Frauenfeld).
- Type-depository: NMHW.
- [Misspelled as pallidipes by Dalla Torre, 1893: 84, and others.]
- Mayr, 1876: 108 (q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 132;
- combination in C. (Mesocrema): Santschi, 1929f: 90.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1865: 107 (redescription); Mayr, 1876: 107 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 84; Forel, 1902h: 412; Forel, 1915b: 57; Emery, 1922e: 132; Santschi, 1929f: 90; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
- Senior synonym of piceus: Mayr, 1876: 108; Dalla Torre, 1893: 84; Emery, 1922e: 133; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
- Distribution: Australia.
- piceus. Crematogaster piceus Lowne, 1865b: 335 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, vic. Sydney, ix.-xi.1862 (B.T. Lowne).
- Type-depository: perhaps BMNH (Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62).
- Junior synonym of pallipes: Mayr, 1876: 108; Dalla Torre, 1893: 84; Emery, 1922e: 133; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 160.
Type Material
- Cremastogaster pallipes Mayr, 1862: Syntype, many workers, Sydney (as Sidney), New South Wales, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
- Crematogaster piceus Lowne, 1865: Syntype, worker(s) (probable), Sydney (as Sidney), New South Wales, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 132, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
- Mayr, G. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 649-776 (page 768, worker described)
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 108, queen, male described)
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 108, Senior synonym of piceus)
- Santschi, F. 1929f. Mélange myrmécologique. Wien. Entomol. Ztg. 46: 84-93 (page 90, Combination in C. (Mesocrema))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Widodo E.S., M. Mohamed, and Y. Hashimoto. 2001. Canopy ant diversity assessment in the fragmented rainforest of Sabah, East Malaysia. Nature and Human activities 6: 13-23.