Crematogaster laevissima

Crematogaster laevissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. laevissima
Binomial name
Crematogaster laevissima Smith, F., 1860 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Holotype of Crematogaster laevissima. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901441. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• laevissima. Crematogaster laevissimus Smith, F. 1860a: 74 (q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Makassar, “MAK.” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • [Misspelled as levissima by Roger, 1863b: 37, Dalla Torre, 1893: 83, and others.]
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Dalla Torre, 1893: 83; Emery, 1901g: 567; Emery, 1922e: 158; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Crematogaster laevissimus

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “MAK.”

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 458, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Smith, F. 1860a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 57-93 (page 74, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
• Hosoishi S. and K. Ogata. 2009. A check list of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Inst. Trop. Agr. Kyushu Univ. 32: 43-83.