Crematogaster simoni

Crematogaster simoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. simoni
Binomial name
Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893 Specimen Labels

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy of a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Brunei Darussalam, Philippines (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.

Castes

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclature

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

• simoni. Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893g: 263, pl. 6, fig. 6 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Philippinea: Luzon, Manila, and Antipolo, iii.-iv.1890 (E. Simon).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 340; Forel, 1910d: 124; Emery, 1922e: 152; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 44; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 94; Baltazar, 1966: 250; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
  • Distribution: Philippines (Luzon).

References

• Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 250, listed)
• Emery, C. 1893g. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 62: 259-270. (page 263, pl. 6, fig. 6 worker described)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 152, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery C. 1893. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 259-270.
• Forel A. 1910. Fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. Sect. D. Gen. Biol. Ethnol. Anthropol. 5: 121-130
• 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.
• Wheeler W. M. 1909. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26: 333-345.
• Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.