The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica.
Author
Longino, J. T.
text
Zootaxa
2003
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journal article
20256
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Crematogaster levior
NEW SPECIES
Crematogaster limata r. parabiotica Forel
(part): Forel, 1904b:683.
Crematogaster limata subsp. parabiotica var. levior Forel
, 1911b:274.
Worker:
Brazil
,
Amazonas
(
H. W. Bates
) [
MHNG
,
ZSMC
]
(examined). Unavailable name.
Crematogaster parabiotica Forel
(part): Wheeler, W.M. 1921a; Wheeler, W.M. and Darlington, 1930:109.
Crematogaster cf. limata parabiotica Forel
(part): Davidson 1988, Seidel et al. 1990, Davidson et al. 1990.
Holotype
worker
Brazil
,
Amazonas
(
H. W. Bates
) [
ZSMC
]. There are two workers on one card. The holotype has been indicated with a black arrow drawn on the card.
Range
Amazonian portions of Brazil, Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.
Description of worker
Pronotal dorsum almost entirely smooth and shiny, with no trace of carinulae, or with faint traces along anterolateral margins; other characters as in
carinata
.
Measurements
Holotype: HL 0.587, [HW, HC not visible], SL 0.586, EL 0.142, WL 0.672, SPL 0.130, PTH 0.141, PTL 0.201, PTW 0.152, PPL 0.145, PPW 0.147, OI 24, SI 100, PTHI 70, PTWI 76, PPI 101, SPI 19.
Biology
Crematogaster levior
occurs in lowland wet forest habitats, where it cohabits large ant gardens with
Camponotus femoratus
. See
carinata
.