Crematogaster oxygynoides

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Crematogaster oxygynoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. oxygynoides
Binomial name
Crematogaster oxygynoides
Santschi, 1934

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Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -27.331° to -27.331°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Brazil.

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • oxygynoides. Crematogaster (Neocrema) oxygynoides Santschi, 1934a: 189 (w.q.) ARGENTINA (Misiones).
    • Type-material: 2 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens.
    • Type-locality: Argentina: Misiones, Loreto, no. 2057 (C. Bruch).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [Misspelled as oxygenoides by Kempf, 1972a: 83.]
    • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
    • Distribution: Argentina.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1934a. Deux nouveaux Crematogaster intéressants. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 58: 187-191 (page 189, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Santschi F. 1934. Deux nouveaux Crematogaster intéressants. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles. 58: 187-191.
  • Vittar, F. 2008. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. INSUGEO Miscelania 17(2):447-466