Crematogaster terminalis

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Crematogaster terminalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. terminalis
Binomial name
Crematogaster terminalis
(Shuckard, 1838)

This species was described from specimens introduced into the United Kingdom from an unknown locality.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • terminalis. Myrmica terminalis Shuckard, 1838: 627 (w.) GREAT BRITAIN (in hot-house).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Great Britain: England, London, Chelsea (A. Ingpen).
    • Type-depository: perhaps in BMNH or OXUM.
    • [Note: according to Horn & Kahle, 1936: 258, Shuckard’s collection was auctioned by J.C. Stevens (London).]
    • Combination in Crematogaster: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
    • Status as species: Erichson, 1839: 357; Mayr, 1863: 435; Dalla Torre, 1893: 87; Donisthorpe, 1915d: 338; Emery, 1922e: 158; Donisthorpe, 1927b: 388; Borowiec, L. 2014: 69.
    • Distribution: Great Britain.

Description

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