Crematogaster sericea

Identification
Longino (2003) - A Crematogaster crinosa-complex species. C. sericea requires further taxonomic study. The syntypes of Crematogaster sericea have the general shape and pilosity characters of crinosa.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster brevispinosa r. sericea Forel, 1912f: 214 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Botucatu (Goeldi).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 134; Santschi, 1923c: 249.
 * Subspecies of brevispinosa: Santschi, 1916e: 377; Luederwaldt, 1918: 41; Emery, 1922e: 134; Santschi, 1923c: 249; Gallardo, 1934: 23; Borgmeier, 1927c: 93; Kempf, 1972a: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
 * Status as species: Longino, 2003a: 129; Wild, 2007b: 32.
 * Distribution: Brazil, Paraguay.

Description
Longino (2003) - Syntype worker: Brazil, Sao Paulo, Botucatu (Göldi) (examined).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 19: 211-237.
 * Gallardo A. 1934. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Mirmicinas, segunda sección Eumyrmicinae, tribu Crematogastrini (Forel), género Crematogaster Lund. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 38: 1-84.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.
 * Santos Lopes J. F., N. Martins dos Reis Hallack, T. Archanjo de Sales, M. Silva Brugger, L. F. Ribeiro, I. N. Hastenreiter, and R. da Silva Camargo. 2012. Comparison of the Ant Assemblages in Three Phytophysionomies: Rocky Field, Secondary Forest, and Riparian ForestA Case Study in the State Park of Ibitipoca, Brazil. Psyche doi:10.1155/2012/928371