Crematogaster dispar

Crematogaster dispar
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster rufotestacea)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	Crematogaster dispar Forel, 1902 Specimen Labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster rufotestacea.

Nomenclature

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

• dispar. Crematogaster sordidula r. dispar Forel, 1902h: 412 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Bendigo (Froggatt).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 132.
  • Subspecies of sordidula: Wheeler, W.M. 1909a: 27; Forel, 1910b: 31; Forel, 1915b: 54.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 132; Wheeler, W.M. 1934d: 145; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 61; Taylor, 1987a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 152; Heterick, 2009: 147.
  • Distribution: Australia.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus bipartita.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 132, Combination in C. (Orthocrema), and raised to species)
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 412, worker, queen, male described)
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1934d. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX. The ants. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 20: 137-163.