Crematogaster ashmeadi
Mayr, 1886
valid
Crematogaster ashmeadi
Mayr, 1886d:
463 (w.m.)
U.S.A. (Virginia, Florida).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 77). Type-locality: U.S.A.: Florida (Ashmead), Florida (Pergande) (by restriction of Creighton, 1950a: 206). Type-depository: NHMW.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 36 paralectotype workers, 6 paralectotype males. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: NHMW.
Type notes:
1) Designated lectotype is from Virginia, not from the type-locality nominated by Creighton (Florida). 2) Other paralectotype localities: Virginia (Pergande), Georgia (Pergande).
- Lectotype designation: Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 77.
- Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 73 (q.)
- Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 141.
- Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Buren, 1968b: 92; Blaimer, 2012c: 55; Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 901.
- Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 262; Dalla Torre, 1893: 79; Emery, 1895d: 286; Wheeler, 1905c: 126; Wheeler, 1908h: 482; Wheeler, 1910a: 564; Wheeler, 1913d: 115; Wheeler, 1919h: 111; Emery, 1922c: 141; Smith, 1930a: 4; Wheeler, 1932a: 7; Enzmann, 1946c: 93; Creighton, 1950a: 206; Smith, 1951c: 808; Smith, 1958c: 125; Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Wilson, 1964b: 5; Buren, 1968b: 92 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 81; Smith, 1979: 1377; Johnson, 1988: 315 (redescription); Deyrup et al., 1989: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 148; Deyrup, 2003: 44; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 72; Deyrup, 2017: 60; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 71 (redescription); Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 901.
- Senior synonym of Crematogaster ashmeadi matura: Creighton, 1950a: 206; Smith, 1958c: 125; Smith, 1979: 1377; Bolton, 1995b: 148; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 71; Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 901.
Junior synonyms
- Crematogaster ashmeadi matura Wheeler, 1932
Citations
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