Crematogaster major

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Crematogaster major Donisthorpe, 1941 valid

Crematogaster (Orthocrema) major Donisthorpe, 1941b: 39 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 6 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”): Cyclops Mts, Sabron, 930 ft, vi.1935, tube 195 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH.

Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Blaimer, 2012c: 55.
Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1948b: 305; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 157.

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

C. m. flavior Donisthorpe, 1941

Citations

Blaimer, B. B. 2012c. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482:47-67. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1941b. New ants from Waigeu Island, New Guinea, and the Solomons. Entomologist 74:36-42. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1948b ("1947"). A second instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14:297-317. PDF

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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