Cremastocheilus planatus

One of about thirty-five species of myrmecophilous Cremastocheilus. The host ant is Camponotus.

Identification
See Key to Macropodina species

Distribution
Arizona, California (2 km S. Stanford University, W.M. Mann 1911), Texas; Mexico

Habitat
Common host is Camponotus.

Nomenclature
Synonym:
 * Cremastocheilus depressus (Horn, 1871);
 * Cremastocheilus ampla (Casey, 1915)