Crematogaster corvina

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Crematogaster corvina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. corvina
Binomial name
Crematogaster corvina
Mayr, 1870

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 26.083° to 10.97302778°.

   
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Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States.
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico (type locality), Nicaragua.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • corvina. Crematogaster corvina Mayr, 1870b: 994 (w.) MEXICO (no state data).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Mexico: (no further data) (Norton).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 134;
    • combination in C. (Neocrema): Santschi, 1933e: 114.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 80; Forel, 1899c: 82; Emery, 1922e: 134; Santschi, 1933e: 114; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 192; Kempf, 1972a: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 151; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 119 (redescription).
    • Distribution: Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, U.S.A.

Description

References

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.
  • Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Longino, J.T. 2010. Personal Communication. Longino Collection Database
  • Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133