Crematogaster teranishii

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Crematogaster teranishii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. teranishii
Binomial name
Crematogaster teranishii
Santschi, 1930

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Specimen Labels


Common Name
Teranishi-shiriage-ari
Language: Japanese

This species is widespread in Japan, usually inhabiting forest edges, bushes and gardens. They are arboreal and nest inside hollow dead branches and dead grass and bamboo stems (Syoji and Eguchi 2017; Japanese Ant Image Database).

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.96666° to 30.359°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Japan (type locality), Republic of Korea.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Idogawa and Dobata (2018) found colonies nesting in bamboo cavities in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan in a thicket dominated by deciduous broad-leaved trees.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Crematogaster teranishii. Worker. Specimen code casent0912645. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Hosoishi and Kazuo 2015. Figs 12 – 15. Petiole in dorsal view. 12, Crematogaster osakensis; 13, Crematogaster teranishii; 14, Crematogaster inflata; 15, Crematogaster fraxatrix.

Nomenclature

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

  • teranishii. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) brunnea st. teranishii Santschi, 1930c: 265 (w.) JAPAN.
    • Type-material: 6 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Japan: Hashida, Nugata-Len, 25.viii.1915 (S. Hochino) (received from Teranishi).
    • [Note: Onoyama, 1998: 230, corrects the type-locality spelling to Niigata-ken.]
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of brunnea: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 89; Onoyama, 1980: 198; Ogata, 1991b: 127; Morisita, et al.1992: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
    • Status as species: Onoyama, 1998: 230; Imai, et al. 2003: 109.
    • Material of the unavailable name azumai referred here by Onoyama, 1998: 230; Imai, et al. 2003: 109.
    • Distribution: Japan.

Description

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