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Crematogaster scita
| Crematogaster scita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. scita |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster scita Forel, 1902
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands.
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.
- scita. Crematogaster scita Forel, 1902h: 409 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 133;
- combination in C. (Mesocrema): Santschi, 1928b: 33.
- Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 133; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 63; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 162; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 71.
- Distribution: Australia.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus mixta.
Type Material
- Cremastogaster scita Forel, 1902: Syntype, worker(s), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- 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 409, worker described)
- 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))