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Crematogaster simoni
| Crematogaster simoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. simoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893
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Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy of a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Brunei Darussalam, Philippines (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
   
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- simoni. Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893g: 263, pl. 6, fig. 6 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Philippinea: Luzon, Antipolo, iii.-iv.1890 (E. Simon).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
- combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 340; Forel, 1910d: 124; Emery, 1922e: 152; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 44; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 94; Baltazar, 1966: 250; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
- Distribution: Philippines (Luzon).
Description
References
- Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 250, listed)
- Emery, C. 1893g. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 62: 259-270. (page 263, pl. 6, fig. 6 worker described)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 152, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1893. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 259-270.
- Forel A. 1910. Fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. Sect. D. Gen. Biol. Ethnol. Anthropol. 5: 121-130
- 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.
- Wheeler W. M. 1909. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26: 333-345.
- Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.