Crematogaster coarctata mormonum

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Crematogaster mormonum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster coarctata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster mormonum
Wheeler, W.M., 1919

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Specimen labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster coarctata.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • mormonum. Crematogaster coarctata var. mormonum Wheeler, W.M. 1919g: 111 (w.) U.S.A.
    • [First available use of Crematogaster lineolata subsp. coarctata var. mormonum Emery, 1895c: 284; unavailable name.]
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 141.
    • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Buren, 1968b: 94.
    • Raised to species: Creighton, 1950a: 215.
    • Junior synonym of coarctata: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 105.

References

  • Buren, W. F. 1968b. A review of the species of Crematogaster, sensu stricto, in North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Part II. Descriptions of new species. J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 3: 91-121 (page 94, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))
  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 215, Raised to species)
  • Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 284, First available use of Crematogaster lineolata subsp. coarctata var. mormonum; unavailable name.)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 141, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E. 2002. The Ants of New Mexico: 400 pp. Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y.
  • Morgan, C.E., Mackay, W.P. 2017. The North American Acrobat Ants of the hyperdiverse genus Crematogaster (Hymneoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing (PDF version, 532 pp.)
  • Wheeler, G. C. and J. Wheeler. 1986. The ants of Nevada. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles.
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1919h. A new paper-making Crematogaster from the southeastern United States. Psyche (Camb.) 26: 107-112 (page 111, worker described)