| Authorship |
Schifani et al., 2022:
1434, figs. 10-12
|
| Forms |
s.w.q.m. |
| Bioregion |
Palearctic |
| Locality |
ITALY (Sicily) |
| Etymology |
Imitans is the present participle of the Latin verb imitor, meaning ‘imitating’, and is here used in apposition. It refers to the interpretation that this species resembles Crematogaster scutellaris. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Italy: Sicily, Mondello, 38.1953, 13.3354, 5 m, 14.x.2018 (E. Schifani). Primary type depository: HNHM. Primary type specimen: ANTWEB1041481. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 14 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: only holotype depository stated. Secondary type specimen: ANTWEB1041482 (soldier). |
| Type notes |
Other specimens from description: ANTWEB1041483 (queen), ANTWEB1041484 (male) (not mentioned as type material but included in description). |
