Crematogaster irritabilis leguilloui

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Crematogaster irritabilis leguilloui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. irritabilis
Subspecies: C. irritabilis leguilloui
Trinomial name
Crematogaster irritabilis leguilloui
Emery, 1900

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.

  • leguilloui. Crematogaster leguilloui Emery, 1900c: 331 (footnote) (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
    • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Humboldt Bay (= Yos Sudarso Bay) (Doherty).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 133.
    • Subspecies of irritabilis: Emery, 1911c: 253; Forel, 1911e: 270; Emery, 1922e: 133; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338 (page 331, (footnote) worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 133, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
  • Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285-312 (page 270, Variety of irritabilis)