Crematogaster cristata
Crematogaster cristata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. cristata |
Binomial name | |
Crematogaster cristata Santschi, 1929 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -22.505° to -22.5108°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Crematogaster terricola. Worker. Specimen code casent0912764. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cristata. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) cristata Santschi, 1929d: 294 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1968b: 384), 1 paralectotype worker.
- Type-locality: lectotype Brazil: Petropolis (Reichensperger); paralectotype with same data.
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1968b: 384; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
- Senior synonym of terricola: Kempf, 1968b: 384; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
- Distribution: Brazil.
- terricola. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) terricola Borgmeier, 1929: 210, pl. 6, fig. 1; pl. 7, fig. 7 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
- Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, 1918 (T. Borgmeier).
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- [Crematogaster terricola Borgmeier, 1927c: 96. Nomen nudum.]
- Junior synonym of cristata: Kempf, 1968b: 384; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
Description
References
- Kempf, W. W. 1968b. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 11: 369-415 (page 384, Senior synonym of terricola)
- Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 107: 273-316 (page 294, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).