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Crematogaster laeviuscula In South Carolina - Crematogaster laeviuscula - female
Copyright © 2019 Cloud Dandridge

Crematogaster laeviuscula In South Carolina - Crematogaster laeviuscula - Female
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.
… Steven Wang, 10 December, 2019 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
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?
… James C. Trager, 9 February, 2021 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree with Steven on atkinsoni/laeviuscula point
Groundsel tree is Baccharis halimifolia, right?
… James C. Trager, 9 February, 2021 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

 
No, Crematogaster atkinsoni w
No, Crematogaster atkinsoni was recently synonymized with C. laeviuscula (Morgan & Mackay, 2017).
… Cloud Dandridge, 10 December, 2019 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

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