Crematogaster auberti

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 Glaucopsyche alexis, Pseudophilotes abencerragus and  Tomares ballus (Obregon et al. 2015).

Distribution
It occurs in North Africa, South Europe and Saudi Arabia to Iraq (Abdul-Rassoul et al. 2013).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iraq, Israel, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  auberti. Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869b: 23 (footnote) (w.) FRANCE. André, 1883b: 395 (q.); Emery, 1891b: 14 (m.). Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 142; in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166. Subspecies of scutellaris: Emery & Forel, 1879: 464; of schmidti: Emery, 1891b: 14; of inermis: Emery, 1926: 3. Status as species: Forel, 1894d: 24; Forel, 1902a: 152; Bondroit, 1918: 115; Karavaiev, 1927b: 104; Finzi, 1930b: 15; Santschi, 1937e: 300. Senior synonym of iberica: Collingwood, 1978: 69. Current subspecies: nominal plus karawaewi, levithorax, nigripes, regilla, savinae, vogti.
 * iberica. Crematogaster auberti var. iberica Forel, 1909c: 103 (w.) SPAIN. Menozzi, 1922b: 327 (m.). Junior synonym of auberti: Collingwood, 1978: 69.