Crematogaster dohrni gigas

Crematogaster dohrni gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. dohrni
Subspecies:	C. dohrni gigas
Trinomial name
	Crematogaster dohrni gigas; Forel, 1913

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (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.

gigas. Crematogaster dohrni var. gigas Forel, 1913k: 74 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Maha Iluppalama, lowland, “individual foragers” (von Buttel-Reepen).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 150.
- Subspecies of dohrni: Emery, 1922e: 150; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 71.
- Distribution: Sri Lanka.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 150, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 74, worker described)