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Crematogaster scelerata
| Crematogaster scelerata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. scelerata |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster scelerata Santschi, 1917
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -22.809943° to -22.809943°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Brazil, Paraguay.
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. |
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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.
- scelerata. Crematogaster (Oxygyne) scelerata Santschi, 1917f: 279 (w.q.m.) ARGENTINA (Salta).
- Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Argentina: Salta (A. Reinman).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Neocrema): Santschi, 1922d: 244.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1929d: 291; Gallardo, 1934: 76; Borgmeier, 1937b: 234; Kempf, 1972a: 84; Bolton, 1995b: 162; Wild, 2007b: 32.
- Distribution: Argentina, Paraguay.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus taperensis.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1917f. Description de quelques nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 84: 277-283 (page 279, worker, queen, male described)
- Santschi, F. 1922e. Description de nouvelles fourmis de l'Argentine et pays limitrophes. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 94: 241-262 (page 244, Combination in C. (Neocrema))