Crematogaster quadriformis

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Crematogaster quadriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. quadriformis
Binomial name
Crematogaster quadriformis
Roger, 1863

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Specimen labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -2.5° to -36.82166667°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0173944. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • quadriformis. Crematogaster quadriformis Roger, 1863a: 207 (w.) BRAZIL (Bahia).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Bahia (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
    • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1870b: 990 (in key); Mayr, 1887: 623; Emery, 1888c: 357; Emery, 1890a: 66; Dalla Torre, 1893: 84; Forel, 1895b: 131; Forel, 1901g: 391; Forel, 1908c: 366; Santschi, 1912e: 527; Forel, 1913l: 234; Bruch, 1914: 219; Bruch, 1915: 530; Forel, 1915c: 356; Gallardo, 1915: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1916c: 12; Luederwaldt, 1918: 42; Emery, 1922e: 135; Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 26; Borgmeier, 1927c: 96; Santschi, 1931e: 275; Gallardo, 1934: 36; Kusnezov, 1953b: 339; Kempf, 1972a: 88; Zolessi, et al. 1988: 4; Brandão, 1991: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 160; Wild, 2007b: 32, 52; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 117; Pedraza & Fernández, 2019: 896.
    • Senior synonym of gracilior: Wild, 2007b: 52.
    • Senior synonym of vezenyii: Wild, 2007b: 52.
    • Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus roveretoi.
  • gracilior. Crematogaster quadriformis var. gracilior Forel, 1901g: 391 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: São Paulo (Heyer).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
    • Subspecies of quadriformis: Forel, 1911e: 273; Forel, 1912f: 218; Forel, 1913l: 234; Bruch, 1914: 219; Luederwaldt, 1918: 42; Emery, 1922e: 135; Borgmeier, 1927c: 96; Gallardo, 1934: 40; Kempf, 1972a: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 154.
    • Junior synonym of quadriformis: Wild, 2007b: 52.
  • vezenyii. Crematogaster quadriformis subsp. vezenyii Forel, 1907a: 25 (w.) PARAGUAY.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Paraguay: Asuncion (Vezényi).
    • Type-depository: HNHM or MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
    • Subspecies of quadriformis: Bruch, 1914: 219; Emery, 1922e: 135; Gallardo, 1934: 43; Kempf, 1972a: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 165.
    • Junior synonym of quadriformis: Wild, 2007b: 52.

Description

References

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