Crematogaster aroensis

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Crematogaster aroensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. aroensis
Binomial name
Crematogaster aroensis
Menozzi, 1935

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

  • aroensis. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) aroensis Menozzi, 1935a: 114, fig. 7 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, Wammar I., no. 2578 (W. Karawaiew).
    • Type-depository: IEUB (perhaps also in SIZK).
    • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 148.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Aru Is).

Description

References

  • Menozzi, C. 1935a. Formiche indo-australiane del genere Crematogaster Lund raccolte da W. Karawaiew. Konowia 14: 103-116 (page 114, fig. 7 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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.
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
  • Menozzi C. 1935. Formiche indo-australiane del genere Crematogaster Lund raccolte da W. Karawaiew. Konowia. 14: 103-116.