Crematogaster (Crem.) antaris (Forel)

Type location Algeria (Crematogaster Auberti Emery r. C. Antaris new stirps, Forel, 1894d: 26, worker & queen; raised to species Santschi, 1921d: 71; Collingwood, 1985: 260)
subspecies sordida (Crematogaster auberti r laestrygon var sordida, Forel, 1894d: 26; Forel, 1909c: 104, worker; as Cremastogaster antaris Em. v. Sordida For., Santschi, 1921d: 71) from Algeria.

Forel's (1894d) description is at . Forel (1909c: 104) wrote (my translation) "The Cremastogaster laestrygon Emery seems to constitute a different species distinct from auberti, due to its distinctly bordered pronotum ... The typical auberti has the pronotum rounded laterally and it is the same for its varieties and subspecies laevithorax For., antaris For. sordida For., mosis For. johovae  For., iberica For., vogti For.". Santschi's (1921d) description of sordida is at .

Egypt records - Wheeler & Mann (1916) reported it from Mt Sinai, Sinai Peninsula.

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0249872.

Forel's (1894d) description of sordida as a variety of auberti was - WORKER - TL 2.8-3.7 mm; head, alitrunk and pedicel brown-red or yellow; propodeal spines a little longer than Crematogaster maura; sculpture more feeble. Similar to Crematogaster inermis; but with two small teeth or spines on the propodeum.
The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908474.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) antaris B Taylor det.

Egypt M James 2002-02

2002 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E

St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m

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