Crematogaster queenslandica froggatti

Crematogaster queenslandica froggatti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. queenslandica
Subspecies:	C. queenslandica froggatti
Trinomial name
	Crematogaster queenslandica froggatti; Forel, 1902

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

froggatti. Crematogaster sordidula r. froggatti Forel, 1902h: 410 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (W.W. Froggatt).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 133;
- combination in C. (Mesocrema): Santschi, 1929f: 90.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1929f: 90.
- Subspecies of queenslandica: Emery, 1914b: 185; Emery, 1922e: 133; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
- Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Cremastogaster sordidula froggatti Forel, 1902: Syntype, 3 workers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
Cremastogaster sordidula froggatti Forel, 1902: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1914a. Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 179-186 (page 185, Subspecies of queenslandica)
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)
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. 1929f. Mélange myrmécologique. Wien. Entomol. Ztg. 46: 84-93 (page 90, Combination in C. (Mesocrema), and raised to species)
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 62, Subspecies of queenslandica)