Crematogaster eurydice

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Crematogaster eurydice
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. eurydice
Binomial name
Crematogaster eurydice
Forel, 1915

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Specimen Labels

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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Crematogaster eurydiceQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0908596. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • eurydice. Crematogaster (Atopogyne) eurydice Forel, 1915b: 56 (q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Noonkanbah (E. Mjöberg).
    • Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps in NHRS).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 61; Taylor, 1987a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

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