Crematogaster ochracea

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Crematogaster ochracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. ochracea
Binomial name
Crematogaster ochracea
Mayr, 1862

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Specimen Label

Identification

A member of the Crematogaster rogenhoferi group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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.

  • ochracea. Crematogaster ochracea Mayr, 1862: 766 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Manila (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: NMHW.
    • [Misspelled as ochraces by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 92.]
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 151;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Smith, F. 1871a: 329; Mayr, 1879: 681 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 84; Emery, 1893g: 263; Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 340; Emery, 1922e: 151; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 92; Baltazar, 1966: 250; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
    • Distribution: Philippines (Luzon).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Emery C. 1893. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 259-270.