Crematogaster lorteti

This species is known from the north-eastern and eastern Mediterranean regions. The records of Crematogaster auberti from Struma Valley in Bulgaria (Lapeva-Gjonova 2011) should be assigned to C. lorteti (Lapeva-Gjonova & Borowiec, 2022).

Distribution
This is a rare species, known from a few localities in the Aegean Islands, Macedonia, Sterea Ellas, Thessaly and Thrace (Borowiec et al., 2022).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Montenegro, Syria, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910e: 435 (w.q.) SYRIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Syria: Damas (= Damascus) (L. Lortet).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 143.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1912e: 665; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 170; Emery, 1922e: 143; Menozzi, 1933b: 59; Santschi, 1934d: 276; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 156; Petrov, 2006: 94 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 23; Legakis, 2011: 13; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 489; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 18; Borowiec, L. 2014: 67 (see note in bibliography); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 135; Lebas, et al. 2016: 274; Salata & Borowiec, 2015a: 76 (in key); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 8.
 * Distribution: Greece, Israel, Serbia, Syria, Turkey.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus hellenica.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
 * Bracko G., K. Kiran, C. Karaman, S. Salata, and L. Borowiec. 2016. Survey of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Greek Thrace. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7945. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7945
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 * Forel A. 1910. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54: 421-458.
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 * Salata S., and L Borowiec. 2017. Species of Tetramorium semilaeve complex from Balkans and western Turkey, with description of two new species of (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 62:279–313.
 * Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-51.
 * Santschi, F.. "Fourmis d'une croisière." Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Bruxelles) 74 (1934): 273-282.
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 * Wheeler W. M. and W. M. Mann. 1916. The ants of the Phillips Expedition to Palestine during 1914. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 167-174.
 * Wheeler W. M., and W. M. Mann. 1916. The ants of the Phillips Expedition to Palestine during 1914. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 167-174.