Crematogaster australis

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Crematogaster australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. australis
Binomial name
Crematogaster australis
Mayr, 1876

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Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

  • australis. Crematogaster australis Mayr, 1876: 108 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Peak Downs (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 28 (l.).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 79; Crawley, 1915b: 236; Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 60; Taylor, 1987a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
    • Distribution: Australia.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus chillagoensis, sycites.

Type Material

Description

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