Crematogaster sordidula

Distribution
This taxon was described from Italy (Sicily). It is also found in Philippines, Israel, Georgia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Spain, Portugal, Albania, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France and Balearic Islands.

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.