Crematogaster sordidula

This ant was observed on larvae of Lampides boeticus that were feeding on Erophaca baetica in Sierra Morena, southern Spain. It has also been associated with the butterflies  Leptotes pirithous and  Tomares ballus (Obregon et al. 2015).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  sordidula. Myrmica sordidula Nylander, 1849: 44 (w.) ITALY (Sicily). Mayr, 1855: 472 (q.); Forel, 1870: 308 (m.). Combination in Crematogaster: Mayr, 1855: 472; in C. (Orthocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182. Senior synonym of mayri: Mayr, 1855: 472; of flachii: Finzi, 1930d: 313; both synonyms confirmed: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; of caspica: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 182; of esterelana: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487. See also: Emery, 1912e: 667; Kutter, 1977c: 89; Radchenko, 2007: 33. Current subspecies: nominal plus aeolia, marocana, molongori, osmanica.
 * mayri. Acrocoelia mayri Mayr, 1853b: 114 (w.) (attributed to Schmidt) YUGOSLAVIA. Müller, 1923: 76 (q.). Combination in Crematogaster: Mayr, 1855: 472. Junior synonym of sordidula: Mayr, 1855: 472; Dalla Torre, 1893: 86; Emery, 1922e: 130. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of sordidula: Müller, 1923: 74; Finzi, 1927a: 10. Junior synonym of sordidula: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54.
 * flachii. Crematogaster sordidula var. flachii Forel, 1895d: 229 (w.) YUGOSLAVIA. Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 130. Junior synonym of mayri: Müller, 1923: 74. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of sordidula: Karavaiev, 1927b: 106. Junior synonym of sordidula: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54.
 * caspica. Crematogaster sordidula var. caspica Emery, 1912e: 670, figs. 7, 8 (w.) Caspian Sea coast of former U.S.S.R. Junior synonym of sordidula: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 182.
 * esterelana. Orthocrema esterelana Bernard, 1978b: 43, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Combination in Crematogaster: Bolton, 1995b: 152. Junior synonym of sordidula: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487.