Tetramorium crepum

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Tetramorium crepum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: T. crepum
Binomial name
Tetramorium crepum
Wang, M. & Wu, J., 1988

Identification

A member of the Tetramorium scabrosum-species group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).

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.

  • crepum. Tetramorium crepum Wang, M. & Wu, in Wang, M., Xiao & Wu, 1988: 269, fig. 28 (w.) CHINA.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

References

  • Wang, M.; Wu, J. 1988. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa: Tetramorium reduncum Wang et Wu, new species; Tetramorium crepum Wang et Wu, new species.] Pp. 268, 269-270 in: Wang, M., Xiao, G., Wu, J. Taxonomic studies on the genus |Tetramorium| Mayr in C (page 269, fig. 28 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
  • Wang Minsheng, Xiao Gangrou, and Wu Jian. 1988. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Forest Research 1(3): 264-274.