Cryptopone crassicornis

Cryptopone crassicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Cryptopone
Species:	C. crassicornis
Binomial name
Cryptopone crassicornis (Emery, 1897) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -8.366669655° to -9.699999809°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality), 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.

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.

• crassicornis. Belonopelta crassicornis Emery, 1897d: 553 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“N.G. Merid.”): Kapa Kapa (L. Loria).
  • [Note: Wilson, 1958d: 353, writes that the holotype bears the data, “Moroka, 1300 m., N. Guinea S E, vii-ix.’93 (Loria)”. He notes that this contradicts the originally cited type-locality.]
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in Pachycondyla (Pseudoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
  • combination in Euponera (Trachymesopus): Emery, 1911d: 86;
  • combination in Trachymesopus: Wilson, 1958d: 353;
  • combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963: 6.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 86; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 114; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 65; Wilson, 1958d: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 73.
  • Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Is.

References

• Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection
• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.