Crematogaster iridipennis

Crematogaster iridipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. iridipennis
Binomial name
Crematogaster iridipennis Smith, F., 1865

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• iridipennis. Crematogaster iridipennis Smith, F. 1865: 74 (q.) NEW GUINEA (no state data).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 473, cites 1q OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
  • Type-locality: New Guinea: (no further data), “N.” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 473.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Emery, 1922e: 158; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 473; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 155.
  • Distribution: New Guinea.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “N.” (= New Guinea).

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 473, Combination in c. (Orthocrema))
• Smith, F. 1865a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 8: 61-94 (page 74, queen 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.
• Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.
• Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.