Crematogaster Lund

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 32

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268878
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scientific name	Crematogaster Lund
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This large cosmopolitan genus is represented in California by both arboreal and groundnesting species. Nine species have been recorded from the state but taxonomic uncertainties undermine this statistic. C. opuntiae Buren is quite similar to, and possibly conspecific with, C. californica Wheeler ; the differences between C. coarctata Mayr and C. mormonum Wheeler are slight and unreliable; and the record of C. larreae Buren from California may be a misidentification. The North American species of this genus are much in need of a taxonomic update.

Species identification: keys in Buren (1968b). Additional references: Buren (1959), Longino (2003), Mackay and Mackay (2002), Scheffrahn and Rust (1989), Snelling and George (1979), Wheeler and Krutzsch (1994).

References

Buren, W. F. (1959 ( 1958 )) A review of the species of Crematogaster, sensu stricto, in North America (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part I. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 66, 119 - 134.

Buren, W. F. (1968 b) A review of the species of Crematogaster, sensu stricto, in North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Part II. Descriptions of new species. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 3, 91 - 121.

Longino, J. T. (2003 A) The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa, 151, 1 - 150.

Mackay, W. & Mackay, E. (2002) The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 400 pp.

Scheffrahn, R. H. & Rust, M. K. (1989) Attraction by semiochemical mediators and major exocrine products of the myrmicine ant, Crematogaster californica Emery. Southwestern Entomologist, 14, 49 - 55.

Snelling, R. R. & George, C. D. (1979) The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Dept. Interior. 335 pp. + 89 pp.

Wheeler, D. E. & Krutzsch, P. H. (1994) Ultrastructure of the spermatheca and its associated gland in the ant Crematogaster opuntiae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoomorphology (Berlin), 114, 203 - 212.