Crematogaster scelerata taperensis

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Crematogaster scelerata taperensis Borgmeier, 1937 valid

Crematogaster (Neocrema) scelerata var. taperensis Borgmeier, 1937b: 234 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Pernambuco). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Brazil: Pernambuco, Tapera, nos. 1.654, 1.708, 2.557, 3.114, 5.818 (D.B. Pickel). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimens: MZSP0085575, MZSP0085576, MZSP0085577, MZSP0085578, MZSP0085579. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 12 syntype workers in MZSP.

Subspecies of Crematogaster scelerata: Kempf, 1972b: 84; Bolton, 1995b: 164.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF

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