Crematogaster atkinsoni

Crematogaster atkinsoni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster pilosa)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	Crematogaster atkinsoni Wheeler, W.M., 1919 Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

• atkinsoni. Crematogaster atkinsoni Wheeler, W.M. 1919g: 108, fig. 1b (w.) U.S.A. (Florida).
  • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 922), paralectotype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Florida, Fort Myers (J.W. Youngs); paralectotypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: LACM (lectotype); AMNH, LACM, MCZC (paralectotypes).
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 9 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Creighton, 1950a: 207;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Buren, 1968b: 92.
  • Status as species: Smith, M.R. 1930a: 4; Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 8; Enzmann, J. 1946c: 93; Creighton, 1950a: 207; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 808; Buren, 1968b: 92 (in key); Smith, D.R. 1979: 1377; Johnson, C. 1988: 316 (redescription); Deyrup, et al. 1989: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 148; Deyrup, 2003: 44; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 72; Deyrup, 2017: 61.
  • Junior synonym of laeviuscula: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 197.
  • Junior synonym of pilosa: Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 922.

References

• Buren, W. F. 1968b. A review of the species of Crematogaster, sensu stricto, in North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Part II. Descriptions of new species. J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 3: 91-121 (page 92, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 207, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia), Senior synonym of helveola)
• Johnson, C. 1988. Species identification in the eastern Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Entomol. Sci. 23: 314-332 (page 316, see also)
• Morgan, C.E., Mackay, W.P. 2017. The North American Acrobat Ants of the hyperdiverse genus Crematogaster (Hymneoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing (PDF version, 532 pp.)
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B. 2022. Taxonomy in the phylogenomic era: species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships among North American ants of the Crematogaster scutellaris group (Formicidae: Hymenoptera), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(3): 893–937 (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab047).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919h. A new paper-making Crematogaster from the southeastern United States. Psyche. 26:107-112. (page 108, fig. 16 worker described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1932a. A list of the ants of Florida with descriptions of new forms. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 40: 1-17 (page 9, queen, male described)