Crematogaster cubaensis

The type material was found "beneath a stone in the woods."

Identification
Longino (2003) - The small yellow Crematogaster on Cuba share the general habitus of Crematogaster minutissima from Florida. They differ in that the dorsal pilosity is more like Crematogaster flavomicrops, relatively short, scruffy-looking, and not in three differentiable rows (although humeral setae are longer than the rest). The pronotum is completely smooth and shining.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba, Greater Antilles.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster victima subsp. cubaensis Mann, 1920: 425 (w.q.) CUBA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a small series”), 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Cuba: Guantanamo, 1917-18 (W.M. Mann).
 * Type-depositories: AMNH, USNM.
 * Subspecies of steinheili: Menozzi, 1929a: 2.
 * Subspecies of laeviuscula: Enzmann, J. 1946c: 93.
 * Subspecies of victima: Kempf, 1972a: 90; Alayo, 1974: 13 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 151.
 * Status as species: Longino, 2003a: 132.
 * Senior synonym of barbouri: Longino, 2003a: 132.
 * Distribution: Cuba.
 * barbouri. Crematogaster barbouri Weber, 1934a: 24, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) CUBA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”), 6 syntype queens, 1 syntype (?) male.
 * [Note: the male was not collected with the workers and queens but on a different day (30.viii.1933), from “sweepings nearby”. It is perhaps best not to regard it as type-material.]
 * Type-locality: Cuba: Cienguegos, Soledad, Limones Seboruco, 22.iii.1933 (N.A. Weber).
 * Type-depositories: LACM, MCZC, USNM.
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Kempf, 1972a: 84.
 * Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 84; Alayo, 1974: 13 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 148.
 * Junior synonym of cubaensis: Longino, 2003a: 132.

Type Material
Longino (2003) - Syntype workers, queen: Cuba, Guantanamo, beneath a stone in the woods (Mann) (examined).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Alayo D. P. 1974. Introduccion al estudio de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Superfamilia Formicoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Instituto de Zoologia. Serie Biologica no.53: 58 pp. La Habana.
 * Fontanla Rizo J.L. 1997. Lista preliminar de las hormigas de Cuba. Cocuyo 6: 18-21.
 * Fontenla J. L., and J. Alfonso-Simonetti. 2018. Classification of Cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana Revista Cubana de Zoologia 506: 21-30.
 * Fontenla Rizo J. L. 1997. Lista preliminar de las hormigas de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 6: 18-21.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Longino, J.T. 2003. The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151:1-150
 * Mann W. M. 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42: 403-439.
 * Menozzi C. 1929. Formiche di Cuba e delle Isole Canarie raccolte dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura, Portici. 23: 1-5.
 * Rojas M. L. 2012. Fauna de insectos en cayos del golfo de Ana María, Cuba. Rev. Invest. Mar. 32(2): 66-72.
 * Ulyssea M. A., L. P. Prado, C. R. F. Brandao. 2015. Type specimens of the traditional Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant tribes deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil: Adelomyrmecini, Basicerotini, Blepharidattini, Crematogastrini, Formicoxenini, Lenomyrmecini, Myrmicini, Phalacromyrmecini, Pheidolini, Stegomyrmecini, Stenammini and Tetramoriini. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo 55(12): 175-204.
 * Weber N. A. 1934. Notes on neotropical ants, including the descriptions of new forms. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 4: 22-59.