Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei

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Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. brunnea
Subspecies: C. brunnea nicevillei
Trinomial name
Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei
Emery, 1922

Identification

Crematogaster brunnea is a complex species group consisting of six species. General characters are reddish brown colouration, head smooth and shining with faint striations near base of antennae and gena, head wider than the mesosoma, the vertex slightly emarginated; mesosoma in lateral view finely striated longitudinally, metanotum deeply concave with acute spine; petiole heart shaped, flattened above; postpetiole globose and biturberculate dorsally; gaster smooth and shining.

Crematogaster contemta (often as Crematogaster brunnea contemta) is a light bicoloured yellowish subspecies with darker brown gaster, propodeal spines small sharply pointed, thick at the base, directed downward.

Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei is a darker subspecies with smaller spines, deep metanotal groove, raised mesonotum and faintly striate gena.

Crematogaster brunnea nilgirica is restricted to southern India with prominent striations on head and mesosomal dorsum, propodeal spines large, diverging, fronto clypeal sulcus more or less pointed.

Crematogaster brunnea rabula is a dull brownish coloured subspecies with pronotum and propodeum dorsally feebly striate, propodeal spines short, pointed, thick at base diverging outwards.

Crematogaster brunnea ruginota is a light yellowish brown coloured subspecies with deep metanotal groove, strongly raised pro- and mesonotum, propodeal declivity truncate, propodeal spines smaller, pointed, thick at base, directed upward. (Akbar et al., 2023)

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Sri Lanka.
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

  • nicevillei. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) brunnea var. nicevillei Emery, 1922e: 149.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: India: Calcutta (Niceville).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [First available use of Crematogaster subnuda r. rabula var. nicevillei Forel, 1902c: 208 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1912n: 57.
    • Subspecies of brunnea: Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 4; Santschi, 1928b: 33; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 64; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 158; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 42; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 69.
    • Distribution: China, India, Sri Lanka.

Description

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