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Species: Crematogaster coarctata

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Crematogaster

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Crematogaster coarctata Mayr, 1870b PDF: 992 (w.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c PDF: 141; in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Buren, 1968b PDF: 94.

Junior synonym of Crematogaster lineolata: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 462.

Revived from synonymy as subspecies of Crematogaster lineolata: Emery, 1895d PDF: 283; Wheeler, 1904e PDF: 270.

Revived status as species: Wheeler, 1919h PDF: 111.

Subspecies of Crematogaster lineolata: Emery, 1922c PDF: 141; of Crematogaster opaca: Enzmann, 1946c PDF: 94.

Revived status as species: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 207; Buren, 1968b PDF: 94 (in key).

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Ward, P. S., 2005:

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 12 times found in chaparral, 7 times found in oak woodland, 3 times found in sagebrush, 3 times found in grassland/chaparral, 1 times found in savannah woodland, 1 times found in Tanoak/madrone forest, 1 times found in low chaparral, 1 times found in Oak grassland, 1 times found in coastal scrub, 1 times found in Sarcobatus scrub, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 15 times search, 5 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS), 1 times tunafish bait, 1 times collected from Salix sp.

Elevations: collected from 81 - 1951 meters, 928 meters average