Crematogaster vetusta

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Crematogaster vetusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species group: scutellaris
Species: C. vetusta
Binomial name
Crematogaster vetusta
Ward & Blaimer, 2022

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • vetusta. Crematogaster vetusta Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 927, fig. 14 (w.) U.S.A. (Arizona), MEXICO (Sonora).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 5 paratype workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype U.S.A.: Arizona, Cochise County, 11 km. NNW Portal, 1430 m., 32.00293, -109.18198±3 m., 8.viii.2011, PSW16646, Chihuahuan desert (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: USNM (holotype); CASC, MCZC, UCDC (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Mexico, U.S.A.

Description

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