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Species: Crematogaster levior

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Crematogaster

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003A PDF: 132 (w.) BRAZIL. AntCat AntWiki

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Longino, J. T., 2003:
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 .

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in rainforest, 6 times found in lowland rainforest, 2 times found in savanna forest, 1 times found in second growth vegetation, 3 times found in tropical moist forest, 2 times found in lowland tropical forest, 1 times found in rainforest edge, 1 times found in lowland wet forest, 1 times found in secondgrowth rainforest, 1 times found in terra firme forest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 10 times search, 4 times Canopy Fogging, 3 times Winkler, 1 times baiting, 1 times baits, 1 times Pitfall

Elevations: collected from 20 - 400 meters, 304 meters average