Crematogaster arizonensis

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Crematogaster arizonensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster torosa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster arizonensis
Wheeler, W.M., 1908

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster torosa.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • arizonensis. Crematogaster arizonensis Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 482, pl. 27, fig. 40 (w.) U.S.A. Wheeler, W.M. 1912b: 132 (q.m.). Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 134. Junior synonym of torosa: Longino, 2003a: 121.

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 134, Combination in C. (Orhocrema))
  • Longino, J. T. 2003a. The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151: 1-150 (page 121, Junior synonym of torosa)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 482, pl. 27, fig. 40 worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1912b. Notes on a mistletoe ant. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 20: 130-133 (page 132, queen, male described)