Crematogaster missouriensis

Crematogaster missouriensis is active above ground for only a few weeks in late spring and early summer in Kansas and Missouri, USA (about 38N latitude) and are not seen at any other time of year.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States.



Nomenclature

 *  missouriensis. Crematogaster victima subsp. missuriensis Emery, 1895c: 287 (attributed to Pergande) (w.) U.S.A.
 * [Justified emendation of spelling to missouriensis: Dennis, 1938: 284; Creighton, 1939b: 140 (in key).]
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952b: 260 (l.).
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 136.
 * Subspecies of victima: Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 483; Wheeler, W.M. 1919g: 111; Emery, 1922e: 136; Dennis, 1938: 284.
 * Subspecies of minutissima: Creighton, 1939b: 140 (in key); Creighton, 1950a: 205; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 808; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1380; Bolton, 1995b: 157.
 * Status as species: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 15.
 * Senior synonym of smithi: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 15.
 * thoracica. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) minutissima subsp. thoracica Creighton, 1939b: 138 (w.) U.S.A.
 * [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana st. thoracica Santschi, 1921c: 118.]
 * Replacement name: Crematogaster (Orthocrema) minutissima subsp. smithi Creighton, 1950a: 205.
 * smithi. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) minutissima subsp. smithi Creighton, 1950a: 205.
 * Replacement name for Crematogaster (Orthocrema) minutissima subsp. thoracica Creighton, 1939b: 138. [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana st. thoracica Santschi, 1921c: 118.]
 * Subspecies of minutissima: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 808; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1380; Bolton, 1995b: 162; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 95.
 * Junior synonym of missouriensis: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 15.