Crematogaster perelegans

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Crematogaster perelegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. perelegans
Binomial name
Crematogaster perelegans
Forel, 1902

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

  • perelegans. Crematogaster perlegans Forel, 1902c: 202 (w.q.) INDIA (Maharashtra).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: India: Poona (Wroughton).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Justified emendation of spelling to perelegans: Forel, 1903a: 683.]
    • Bingham, 1903: 143 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 151;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 683; Bingham, 1903: 142; Emery, 1922e: 151; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 159; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36.
    • Distribution: India.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
  • 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.