Crematogaster coriaria compacta

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Crematogaster coriaria compacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. coriaria
Subspecies:	C. coriaria compacta
Trinomial name
Crematogaster coriaria compacta Crawley, 1924

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

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.

• compacta. Crematogaster (Paracrema) spengeli subsp. compacta Crawley, 1924: 398 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Suban Ajam, vii.1916 (E. Jacobson).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Subspecies of spengeli: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
  • Subspecies of coriaria: Hosoishi & Ogata, 2015b: 4 (by implication, as spengeli synonymised under coriaria).
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

References

• Crawley, W. C. 1924a. Ants from Sumatra, with biological notes by Edward Jacobson. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(13): 380-409. (page 398, worker described)
• Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2015b. Taxonomy and DNA sequencing of Crematogaster coriaria Mayr, 1872, with redescriptions of the worker, queen and male castes. Psyche 2015: 8pp. (DOI:10.1155/2015/541351).