Crematogaster thalia

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Crematogaster thalia
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

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Specimen labels

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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Paraguay (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • 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.