Crematogaster formosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster formosa Mayr, 1870b: 994 (w.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 184), 13 paralectotype workers.
 * Type-locality: lectotype Mexico: Jalapa (Bilimek & Sichel); paralectotypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: MCZC (lectotype); MCZC, NHMW (paralectotypes).
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Forel, 1899c: 81; Emery, 1922e: 135; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 181 (redescription).
 * Senior synonym of aterrima: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 181.
 * Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico.
 * aterrima. Crematogaster formosa var. aterrima Wheeler, W.M. 1909b: 234 (w.m.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (number not stated, “numerous specimens”).
 * Type-locality: Mexico: Jalapa (F. Silvestri).
 * Type-depositories: LACM, MCZC.
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135.
 * Subspecies of formosa: Emery, 1922e: 135; Kempf, 1972a: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
 * Junior synonym of formosa: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 181.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133