Crematogaster carinata

A small, inoffensive ant which often colonizes single branches of trees inhabited by Pseudomyrmex mordax and/or Pseudomyrmex triplarinus. It appears to be able to maintain colonies without leaving their home tree. (Wheeler and Darlington 1930)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  carinata. Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862: 768 (w.) BRAZIL. Longino, 2003a: 46 (q.). Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 136. Senior synonym of parabiotica: Longino, 2003a: 44.
 * parabiotica. Crematogaster limata r. parabiotica Forel, 1904e: 683 (w.) COLOMBIA. Forel, 1912f: 217 (q.). Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 136. Raised to species: Wheeler, W.M. 1921b: 99 (in text); Wheeler, W.M. & Darlington, 1930: 109. Subspecies of limata: Wheeler, W.M. 1921f: 152; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 3; Kutter, 1931a: 61; Santschi, 1939f: 161; Kempf, 1972a: 88. Junior synonym of carinata: Longino, 2003a: 44.