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Crematogaster perelegans
| Crematogaster perelegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. perelegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster perelegans Forel, 1902
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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.
- perelegans. Crematogaster perlegans Forel, 1902c: 202 (w.q.) INDIA (Maharashtra).
- [Justified emendation of spelling to perelegans: Forel, 1903a: 683.]
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Poona (R.C. Wroughton).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Bingham, 1903: 143 (m.).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 151;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 683; Bingham, 1903: 142; Emery, 1922e: 151; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 159; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36.
- Distribution: India.
Description
References
- Akbar, S.A., Bharti, H., Wachkoo, A.A. 2023. Crematogaster bonnieae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new acrobat-ant species from the Western Ghats, India. Annales Zoologici Fennici 60, 9-17 (doi:10.5735/086.060.0103).
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 143, male described)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 151, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249 (page 202, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
- 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.