Crematogaster xerophila exigua

Crematogaster xerophila exigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. xerophila
Subspecies:	C. xerophila exigua
Trinomial name
Crematogaster xerophila exigua Wheeler, W.M., 1915

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.

Nomenclature

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

• exigua. Crematogaster xerophila var. exigua Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 811 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Moorilyanna, 1914 (Everard & Musgrave Ranges Expd.) (S.A. White).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
  • Subspecies of xerophila: Emery, 1922e: 133; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 63; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 2 workers, Moorilyanna, South Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 135, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 63, Subspecies of xerophila)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1915h. Hymenoptera. [In "Scientific notes on an expedition into the north-western regions of South Australia".]. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 39: 805-823 (page 811, worker described)