Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Myrmica cerasi Fitch, 1855 PDF: 834 (w.) U.S.A. (New York). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Ward & Blaimer, 2022 PDF: 912). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: New York (
A. Fitch). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00529078 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM. (Source:
Ward & Blaimer, 2022 PDF: 912.)
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Subspecies of
Crematogaster lineolata:
Pergande, 1896 PDF: 877;
Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 379;
Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 4;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 564;
Wheeler, 1916r: 585;
Wheeler, 1917c PDF: 26;
Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 461;
Wheeler, 1919h PDF: 111;
Cole, 1936a PDF: 36;
Cole, 1937a PDF: 101;
Dennis, 1938 PDF: 283;
Wing, 1939 PDF: 162;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 245;
Enzmann, 1946c PDF: 93;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 809.
Status as species:
Roger, 1863b PDF: 37;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 432;
Cresson, 1887 PDF: 262; Buren, in
Smith, 1958c PDF: 125;
Carter, 1962a PDF: 6 (in list);
Smith, 1967a PDF: 356;
Buren, 1968b PDF: 92, 95 (in key);
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b PDF: 2;
Smith, 1979: 1378;
Allred, 1982: 460;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 138;
Johnson, 1988: 318 (redescription);
MacKay et al., 1988 PDF: 88;
Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 96;
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 302;
Bolton, 1995b: 150;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 87;
Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 60;
Ellison et al., 2012: 238;
Deyrup, 2017: 62;
Morgan & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 91 (redescription);
Ward & Blaimer, 2022 PDF: 912.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Canada,
United States Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Nearctic
Distribution Notes:
NEARCTIC: USA (MA)
Biology:
Mesic forest, oak woodland, prairie edge , parks, campuses
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in grass, sage, bare soil, 3 times found in meadow, 2 times found in ponderosa pine woodland, 1 times found in Hardwood forest edge, 2 times found in suburban yard, 2 times found in mixed hardwood forest, 1 times found in urban area, 1 times found in urban roadside, 1 times found in broadleaf forest edge, 1 times found in oak-pine-juniper woodland, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times entering crack at kitchen window, 5 times under stone, 2 times under dead wood, 1 times riverside, 1 times ex rotten stump, 1 times column on tree trunk, 2 times under stones, on vegetation, 1 times stray foragers on large rock, 1 times sifted leaf litter, 1 times on tree trunk, 1 times forager, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 9 times search, 5 times direct collection, 4 times hand collecting, 2 times sweeping, 1 times Winkler, 1 times bait trap, 1 times bait trap|oaks, 1 times bait trap|pine, 1 times captive colony, 1 times Pitfall.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 2120 meters, 725 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1911-05-07 00:00:00.0 and 2022-04-27 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Lectotype of Crematogaster cerasi: usnment00529078
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