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Species: Crematogaster cerasi

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Crematogaster

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Myrmica cerasi Fitch, 1855: 835 (w.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973a PDF: 28 (l.).

Combination in Crematogaster: Roger, 1863b PDF: 37; in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c PDF: 141; in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Buren, 1968b PDF: 92.

Junior synonym of Crematogaster lineolata: Dalla Torre, 1893: 83; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 213.

Revived from synonymy as subspecies of Crematogaster lineolata: Smith, 1951c: 809.

Revived status as species, senior synonym of Crematogaster kennedyi and material of the unavailable name Crematogaster punctinodis referred here: Buren, in Smith, 1958c: 125.

See also: Buren, 1968b PDF: 92; Johnson, 1988: 318.

Distribution:

NEARCTIC: USA (MA)

Biology:

Mesic forest, oak woodland, prairie edge , parks, campuses

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in grass, sage, bare soil, 1 times found in Hardwood forest edge, 1 times found in pine/oak managed forest, 1 times found in urban area, 1 times found in urban roadside

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 1 times entering crack at kitchen window, 5 times Search, 1 times Winkler, 1 times bait trap field, 1 times bait trap oaks, 1 times bait trap pine, 1 times Sunflower

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1500 meters, 493 meters average