Crematogaster levior ^HNS NEW SPECIES

Crematogaster limata r. parabiotica Forel ^HNS (part): Forel, 1904b:683.

Crematogaster limata subsp. parabiotica var. levior Forel ^HNS, 1911b:274. Worker: Brazil, Amazonas (H. W. Bates) [MHNG, ZSMC] (examined). Unavailable name.

Crematogaster parabiotica Forel ^HNS (part): Wheeler, W.M. 1921a; Wheeler, W.M. and Darlington, 1930:109.

Crematogaster cf. limata parabiotica Forel ^HNS (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 ^HNS.

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 ^HNS occurs in lowland wet forest habitats, where it cohabits large ant gardens with Camponotus femoratus ^HNS. See carinata ^HNS.