SuperfamUy FORMICOIDEA 1379 



Crematogaster {Acrocoelia) lineolata emeryana Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., Mus. 

 Comp. ZooL, Bui. 104:213-214. 5. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 358-360. 

 hespera Buren. W. Tex., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Usually arboreal in 

 Cottonwood trees along rivers and streams; also in other trees and rotten logs. 

 Crematogaster hespera Buren, 1968. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 3:98. 5,9. 

 isolata Buren. W. Tex., N. Mex., s. Ariz. Ecology: Arboreal in oaks in mountain ranges at 

 altitudes over 5000 ft. 

 Crematogaster isolata Buren, 1968. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 3:106. 9. 

 laeviuscula Mayr. La., Tex., Okla.; Mexico. Ecology: Incipient colonies are often found in twigs 

 and oak galls, larger colonies in hollow trees and logs. No authentic records east of 

 Mississippi River. 

 Oecodoma (Atta) arbarea Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:349-350. 9,9. Preocc. by 



Smith, 1858. 

 Crematogaster laeviuscula Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 20:990, 993. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:481 (each caste). —Cole, 1940. 

 Amer. Midland Nat. 24:46. 

 larreae Buren. W. Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in lower stems and among roots 



of the creosote bush. Host: Larrea divaricata. 

 Crematogaster larreae Buren, 1968. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 3:117. 9, 9, S. 

 lineolata (Say). Que., Ont. s. to Fla., w. to N. Dak., Colo., Tex. Ecology: Nests in groimd imder 



objects or in logs or stiunps; infests houses and often nests within buildings. 

 Myrmica lineolata Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1:290. 9, 9, 6. 

 Myrmica (Morurmarium. (.')) marylandica Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:339. 9. 



Syn. uncertain. 

 Myrmica (Monomarium (.')) Columbiana Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:340. 9,9. 



Syn. uncertain. 

 Crematogaster lineolata lineolata var. lutescens Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 



8:282. 9. 

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



Jour. 54:92-93, 96. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Snaith, 1918. Ent. News 29:19. —Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. Sci. 18:288. 

 — Wheeler and Wheeler, 1952. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 42:252 (larva as lineolata subopaca). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 22:1-18. —Wheeler, 1917. Conn. Stote 

 Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22:585. — Wesson and Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 24:93. —Wallace, 1945. Conn. State Ent., 44th Rpt., Bui. 488:389 (economics). —Wheeler 

 and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak, pp. 132-133. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 357, 359. 

 — Ayre, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95:712-715 (feeding habits). —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Tech. Bui. 1326:32-33 (economic importance). —Ayre, 1968. Canad. Ent. 100:165-172 (prey 

 finding, capture, transport). — Ayre, 1969. Canad. Ent. 101:118-128 (trail formation and 

 group foraging). 



marioni Buren. S. Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Arboreal sp>ecies in manzanita and live oaks. 

 Crematogaster marioni Buren, 1968. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 3:105. 9. 



minutissima minutissima Mayr. N. C. s. to Fla., w. to Tex. Ecology: Nests have been found in 

 soil at bases of stumps. 

 Crematogaster minutissima Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 20:991, 995. 9,9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:484. — AVheeler and Wheeler, 1960. 

 Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 62:14 (larva). 



Biology: Smith, 1928. Ent. News 39:277. 



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

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



