Crematogaster thalia
Crematogaster thalia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. thalia |
Binomial name | |
Crematogaster thalia Forel, 1911 |
Identification
Longino (2003) - A Crematogaster crinosa-complex species, C. thalia requires further taxonomic study.
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, Paraguay (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- thalia. Crematogaster brevispinosa var. thalia Forel, 1911e: 273 (w.q.) PARAGUAY.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Paraguay: San Bernardino (Fiebrig).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 134.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Kempf, 1972a: 85.
- Subspecies of brevispinosa: Emery, 1922e: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
- Status as species: Longino, 2003a: 131; Wild, 2007b: 32.
- Distribution: Paraguay.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Longino (2003) - Syntype worker, queen: Paraguay, San Bernardino (Fiebrig) Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève (examined). The anteroventral petiolar tooth is almost spinelike; the mesosoma and fourth abdominal tergite are moderately setose; the mesosoma is large, light-colored.
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 134, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
- Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303 (page 273, worker, queen described)
- Longino, J.T. 2003a. The Crematogaster of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151: 1-150. (page 24, Raised to species: new status)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.