Protonym: Crematogaster vetusta
Authorship Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 927, fig. 14
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Arizona)
Etymology The name refers to the position of this species in a lineage (containing one other known species) that is sister to all other members of the Crematogaster depilis complex, from Latin vetustus, old or antiquated.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Arizona, Cochise Co.: 11 km NNW Portal, 1430 m, 32.00293 −109.18198 ± 3 m, 8.viii.2011, ground forager, Chihuahuan desert, PSW16646 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0863254.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, MCZC, UCDC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0221037, CASENT0863251, CASENT0863252, CASENT0863253, CASENT0863255.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Crematogaster vetusta Species Valid Original combination