Crematogaster diffusa
Crematogaster diffusa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. diffusa |
Binomial name | |
Crematogaster diffusa (Jerdon, 1851) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 20.92583° to 20.92583°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- diffusa. Myrmica diffusa Jerdon, 1851: 113 (w.q.m.) INDIA (no state data).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: India: (no further data), “found throughout India” (T.C. Jerdon).
- Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
- [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854a: 54.]
- Combination in Crematogaster: Roger, 1863b: 37;
- combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 150;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Unidentifiable taxon: Forel, 1903a: 682.
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1863: 432; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Bingham, 1903: 136; Emery, 1922e: 150; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 152; Tiwari, 1999: 46; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36.
- [Note: Bingham, 1903: 136, suggests that diffusa may be a senior synonym of aberrans.]
- Distribution: India.
Description
References
- Chanda, A. 2017. A study on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Medinipur, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Entomological Research 2(5): 1-4.
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 150, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 103-127 (page 113, worker, queen, male described)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 37, Combination in Crematogaster)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.
- Raci N., C. Sravanthy, C. Sammaiah, and M. Thirupahaiah. 2015. Biodiversity of ants (Insecta-Hymenoptera) in agroecosystem and grass land in Jammikunta, Karimnagar District, Telangana, India. Journal ofEnvironment 4(1): 11-16.