Crematogaster victima

De Oliveira et al. (2015), studying ant occupancy of Cecropia trees in southwest Bahia, Brazil, found two colonies of  opportunistically nesting in Cecropia pachystachya trees.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster victima Smith, F. 1858b: 140 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Pará, Santarem (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Mayr, 1870b: 995 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 30 (l.).
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 136.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 768; Mayr, 1863: 405; Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1870b: 995; Mayr, 1887: 624; Emery, 1888c: 356; Dalla Torre, 1893: 87; Emery, 1894g: 394; Forel, 1895b: 131; Emery, 1896h: 625; Emery, 1906c: 140; Forel, 1908c: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1908b: 161; Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 483; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 565; Bruch, 1914: 219; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 21; Mann, 1916: 443; Wheeler, W.M. 1919g: 111; Mann, 1920: 425; Emery, 1922e: 136; Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 24; Santschi, 1925d: 231; Borgmeier, 1927c: 97; Santschi, 1929d: 293; Gallardo, 1934: 50; Kempf, 1972a: 90; Zolessi, et al. 1988: 4; Brandão, 1991: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 165; Wild, 2007b: 33.
 * Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus allegrensis.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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