Crematogaster steinheili

Distribution
This taxon was described from Antilles. It is also found in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bahamas and Barbados.

Puerto Rico
Wheeler (1908): Common; nesting in Tillandsias, under bark or in the hollow twigs of various trees. This variety, which seems to be widely distributed through the West Indies, is closely related to the missouriensis Pergande which ranges as far north as Missouri. In one locality in Culebra colonies of xxxxx were found to have constructed "sheds" or "tents" of fine vegetable debris over coccids, both on the upper and lower surfaces of the large shining leaves of a tree (Cordia macrophylla). These sheds were small, flattened or conical structures each covering only one or a few coccids.

Nomenclature

 *  steinheili. Crematogaster steinheili Forel, 1881: 15 (w.) ANTILLES. Forel, 1912f: 216 (q.m.); Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 154 (q.m.). Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 136. Junior synonym of victima: Mayr, 1887: 624. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of victima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 87; Emery, 1895c: 288 (footnote). Revived status as species: Forel, 1912f: 216; Wheeler, W.M. 1917g: 460; Gallardo, 1934: 45. Current subspecies: nominal plus argentina.

Additional References

 * Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 117-158.