Crematogaster irritabilis

Identification
A member of the Crematogaster irritabilis group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster irritabilis Smith, F. 1860b: 109 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Dory “Dor.” (A.R. Wallace).
 * Type-depository: OXUM.
 * [Misspelled as iritabilis by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 97.]
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 133.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Emery, 1911b: 531; Emery, 1911c: 253 (redescription); Emery, 1922e: 133; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 97; Bolton, 1995b: 155.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus leguilloui, subtilis.



Four worker syntypes in. Labelled “Dor.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Blaimer B. B. 2012. Acrobat ants go global  Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 421-436.
 * Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. Nova Guinea 5: 531-539.
 * Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Nova Guin. 9: 249-259
 * Hosoishi S. and K. Ogata. 2009. A check list of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Inst. Trop. Agr. Kyushu Univ. 32: 43-83.
 * 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.
 * Leponce M., Y. Roisin, and J. M. Pasteels. 1999. Community interactions between ants and arboreal-nesting termites in New Guinea coconut plantations. Insectes Sociaux 46: 126-130.
 * Lucky A., E. Sarnat, and L. Alonso. 2011. Ants of the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea, Chapter 10. In Richards, S. J. and Gamui, B. G. (editors). 2013. Rapid Biological Assessments of the Nakanai Mountains and the upper Strickland Basin: surveying the biodiversity of Papua New Guineas sublime karst environments. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 60. Conservation International. Arlington, VA.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.