Crematogaster laevis

Crematogaster laevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. laevis
Binomial name
Crematogaster laevis Mayr, 1878 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Crematogaster laevis bruesi Wheeler, W.M., 1911

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -2.416666667° to -11.9°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Peru.

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.

• laevis. Crematogaster laevis Mayr, 1878: 876 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data) “Nord-Brasilien in der Umgegend des Amazonenstromes” (J. Trail).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • [Misspelled as levis by Dalla Torre, 1893: 83.]
  • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 83; Forel, 1895b: 131; Forel, 1904e: 682; Emery, 1922e: 135; Borgmeier, 1927c: 95; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 196; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 156; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 117.
  • Distribution: Brazil, Peru.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus bruesi.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 135, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
• Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
• Mayr, G. 1878 [1877]. Formiciden gesammelt in Brasilien von Professor Trail. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 27: 867-878 (page 876, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Dejean, A., A.Quilichini, J.H.C. Delabie, J. Orivel, B. Corbara and M. Gibernau. 2004. Influence of Its Associated Ant Species on the Life History of the Myrmecophyte Cordia nodosa in French Guiana. Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 20, No. 6 (Nov., 2004), pp. 701-704.
• Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
• Wheeler, William Morton. 1911. Ants Collected in Grenada, W.I. by Mr. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparitive Zoology at Harvard College. 54(5):166-172.