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cerasi (Fitch). Que. s. to Ga., w. to S. Dak., Ark., N. Mex. Ecology: Nests under rocks and logs; 

 sometimes does minor damage when nesting in woodwork and timbers in houses. 

 Myrtnica cerasi Fitch, 1855 (1854). N. Y. State Agr. Soc., Trans. 14:835. $. 

 Cretnatogaster (Acrocoelia) kennedyi Wheeler, 1930. Psyche 37:58. 9,6. 

 Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) lineolata cerasi var. punctinodis Enzmann, 1946. N. Y. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 54:91, 93, 96. 5, 9, d. 



Taxonomy: Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:282-283. —Wheeler, 1933. Psyche 

 40:83-84. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1952. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 42:250-252 (larva, as 

 lineolata). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ga Ent. Soc., Jour. 8:28 (larva). 



Biology: Gaige, 1914. Mich. Univ., Mus. Zool., Occas. Papers 5:8-9. — Headley, 1943. Ohio 

 Jour. Sci. 43:25. —Morris, 1943. Ind. Acad. Sci., Proc. 52:208. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1944. 

 N. Dak. Hist. Quart. 11:245. — KannowsW, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6:125. — Kulman, 1965. 

 Jour. Econ. Ent. 58:865 (in cocoons of Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis). — Smith, 1965. U. 

 S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1326:30-31 (economic importance). 

 clara Mayr. N. J. s. to Fla., w. to Ind., Mo., Tex. Ecology: Nests in a variety of semi-arboreal 

 situations in or near swamps, salt marshes, rivers, and streams. 

 Oecodoma (Atta) bicolar Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:350. 5 . Preocc. by Smith, 



1860. 

 Crematogaster clara Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 20:990, 993. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:481 (each caste). —Smith, 1924. 

 Ent. News 35:80. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1952. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 42:255-256 (larva, 

 as laeviuscula). 



Biology: Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31:283. —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. 

 Bui. 1326:31-32 (economic imjwrtance). 



Morphology: Pasteels, Crews, and Blum, 1970. Acad. Soc. Paris, Compt. Rend., Ser. D 

 271:835-838 (histology of gland secreting the trail pheromone). 

 coarctata Mayr. Oreg.(?), Nev., Calif. Ecology: Nests under rocks and boulders. Suspected of 

 now being a rather rare species in coastal Calif, due to displacement by the Argentine 

 ant. 

 Crematogaster coarctata Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. (Jesell. Wien, Verh. 20:990, 992. 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:482. — Creighton, 1950. Harvard 

 Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 104:207-208. 



Biology: MaUis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40:70-71. — Essig, 1926. Ins. of West. N. 

 Amer., p. 859. 

 colei Buren. W. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz. Ecology: Nests under rocks in grassland situations at 

 elevations over 5000 ft. 

 Crematogaster colei Buren, 1968. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 3:108. 9,9. 

 dentinodis Forel. Ariz.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests under stones in open grasslands and chaparral, 

 or grass and mesquite, or among shrubs in succulent desert areas. 

 Crematogaster opaca var. dentinodis Forel, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:130. 9 

 depilis Wheeler. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Nev., s. Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in and among 

 roots and lower stems of various plants throughout desert and semi-desert regions. 

 Crematogaster lineolata opaca var. depilis Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 

 24:478. 5. 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. ZooL, BuL 104:209 (worker, not 

 female). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 8:28-30 (larva). 



Biology: Cole, 1966. Brigham Yovmg Univ., Sci. Bui., BioL Ser. 7:16. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, p. 88. 

 emeryana Creighton. W. Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz.; Mexico. Ecology: Usually in 



mountains at elevations of over 6000 ft.; often constructs carton structures under rocks. 

 Crematogaster lineolata lineolata var. Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:282. 9, 

 9, (5. Variety described but not named. 



