Crematogaster longicephala

Crematogaster longicephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. longicephala
Binomial name
Crematogaster longicephala Özdikmen, 2010 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster longicephala curticeps Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Synonyms
Crematogaster longiceps Forel, 1910

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

Nomenclature

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

• longiceps. Crematogaster longiceps Forel, 1910b: 32 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory) (date of publication 22.iii.1910).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: central Australia, Tennants Creek (Field).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster longiceps Santschi, 1910c: 376 (Bolton, 1995b: 156).]
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
  • Replacement name: Crematogaster longicephala Özdikmen, 2010c: 990.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus curticeps.
  • [Note: the infraspecific name curticeps antedates the replacement name longicephala.]
• longicephala. Crematogaster longicephala Özdikmen, 2010c: 990.
  • Replacement name for Crematogaster longiceps Forel, 1910b: 32. [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster longiceps Santschi, 1910c: 376.]
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Crematogaster longiceps: Syntype, 2 workers, 1 queen, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Crematogaster longiceps: Syntype, 4 workers, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, South Australian Museum.

References

• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).