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Crematogaster popohana amia
| Crematogaster popohana amia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species group: | popohana |
| Species: | C. popohana |
| Subspecies: | C. popohana amia |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster popohana amia Forel, 1913 | |
Identification
Hosoishi and Ogata (2015) - A member of the Crematogaster popohana group (Crematogaster fumikoae, Crematogaster popohana, and Crematogaster popohana amia). The group can be distinguished from other Asian Crematogaster species by the slender petiole with weakly convex sides.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan (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.
- amia. Crematogaster popohana r. amia Forel, 1913f: 194 (q.m.) TAIWAN.
- Type-material: syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Taihorin (H. Sauter).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB (perhaps also DEIB).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 151.
- Status as species: Lin & Wu, 2003: 62.
- Subspecies of popohana: Emery, 1922e: 151; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 147; Terayama, 2009: 177; Hosoishi & Ogata, 2015a: 16.
- Distribution: Taiwan.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Hosoishi and Ogata (2015) - Examination of syntype queens in MHNG and NHMB reveals that C. popohana amia Forel, 1913 is quite different from Crematogaster popohana Forel, 1912. In the original description, Forel (1913) also suggested that the males of C. popohana amia Forel, 1913 are distinctly larger than the ones of C. popohana Forel, 1912. The taxonomic status of this subspecies remains uncertain.
Description
Type Material
Hosoishi and Ogata (2015) - Three syntype queens and three syntype males from TAIWAN: Taihorin (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève) and one syntype queen (Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel) [examined].
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 151, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1913g. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(6 6: 183-202 (page 194, queen, male described)
- Hosoishi, S. and Ogata, K. 2015. Review of the Crematogaster popohana-group with the description of a new species from the Indochinese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology. 7:11-18.