Crematogaster ornatipilis

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Crematogaster ornatipilis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster abstinens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster ornatipilis
Wheeler, W.M., 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ornatipilis. Crematogaster ornatipilis Wheeler, W.M. 1918b: 25 (w.) GUYANA. Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 135. Junior synonym of abstinens: Longino, 2003a: 30.

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 135, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))
  • Longino, J. T. 2003a. The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151: 1-150 (page 30, Junior synonym of abstinens)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1918b. Ants collected in British Guiana by Mr. C. William Beebe. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 26: 23-28 (page 25, worker described)