Crematogaster queenslandica

Crematogaster queenslandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. queenslandica
Binomial name
Crematogaster queenslandica Forel, 1902 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster queenslandica froggatti Forel, 1902 Crematogaster queenslandica gilberti Emery, 1922 Crematogaster queenslandica rogans Forel, 1902 Crematogaster queenslandica scabrula Emery, 1914

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.61666667° to -16.3895°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

• queenslandica. Crematogaster sordidula var. queenslandica Forel, 1902h: 410 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
  • [Misspelled as queenslandensis by Emery, 1914b: 185.]
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 133;
  • combination in C. (Mesocrema): Santschi, 1928b: 33.
  • Subspecies of sordidula: Forel, 1910b: 32.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1912e: 668; Emery, 1914b: 185; Emery, 1922e: 133; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 160; Heterick, 2009: 147.
  • Distribution: Australia.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus froggatti, gilberti, rogans, scabrula.

Type Material

• Cremastogaster sordidula queenslandica Forel, 1902: Syntype, 2 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Cremastogaster sordidula queenslandica Forel, 1902: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

References

• Emery, C. 1912e. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. Teil XI. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1912: 651-672 (page 668, Raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 133, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 410, worker, queen described)
• Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 32, Subspecies of sordidula)
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Santschi, F. 1928b. Nouvelles fourmis de Chine et du Turkestan Russe. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 68: 31-46 (page 33, Combination in C. (Mesocrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Andersen A. N., R. R. Ribbons, M. Pettit, and C. L. Parr. 2014. Burning for biodiversity: highly resilient ant communities respond only to strongly contrasting fire regimes in Australia’s seasonal tropics. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 1406–1413.
• Andersen A. N., T. Hertog, and J. C. Z. Woinarski. 2006. Long-term fire exclusion and ant community structure in an Australian tropical savanna: congruence with vegetation succession. Journal of Biogeography 33: 823-832.