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Crematogaster laeviuscula
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Cloud Dandridge
Crematogaster laeviuscula In South Carolina -
Crematogaster laeviuscula
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Irmo, Irmo County, South Carolina, USA
July 31, 2019
Size: 4 mm
Workers tending to aphids on a Groundsel Tree.
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Contributed by
Cloud Dandridge
on 10 December, 2019 - 1:29pm
Crematogaster
Is this "atkinsoni"? I'm not a fan of the laeviuscula east of the Mississippi opinion to be honest.
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Steven Wang
, 10 December, 2019 - 6:55pm
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Agree with Steven on atkinsoni/laeviuscula point
I want to see a careful, modern revision of Nearctic Crematogaster before I'll be comfortable with the synonymy.
Groundsel tree is Baccharis halimifolia, right?
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James C. Trager
, 9 February, 2021 - 4:31pm
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Agree with Steven on atkinsoni/laeviuscula point
Groundsel tree is Baccharis halimifolia, right?
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James C. Trager
, 9 February, 2021 - 4:29pm
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No, Crematogaster atkinsoni w
No, Crematogaster atkinsoni was recently synonymized with C. laeviuscula (Morgan & Mackay, 2017).
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Cloud Dandridge
, 10 December, 2019 - 7:41pm
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