Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973a PDF: 28 (l.); Morgan & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 95 (m.).Combination in Crematogaster: Roger, 1863b PDF: 37.Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c PDF: 141.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Buren, 1968b PDF: 92.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Blaimer, 2012c PDF: 55.Junior synonym of Crematogaster lineolata: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 83; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 213.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1895d PDF: 282; Emery, 1922c PDF: 141.Subspecies of Crematogaster lineolata: Pergande, 1896 PDF: 877; Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 379; Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 4; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 564; Wheeler, 1916r: 585; Wheeler, 1917c PDF: 26; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 461; Wheeler, 1919h PDF: 111; Cole, 1936a PDF: 36; Cole, 1937a PDF: 101; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 283; Wing, 1939 PDF: 162; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 245; Enzmann, 1946c PDF: 93; Smith, 1951c PDF: 809.Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 37; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 432; Cresson, 1887 PDF: 262; Buren, in Smith, 1958c PDF: 125; Carter, 1962a PDF: 6 (in list); Smith, 1967a PDF: 356; Buren, 1968b PDF: 92, 95 (in key); Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b PDF: 2; Smith, 1979: 1378; Allred, 1982: 460; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 138; Johnson, 1988: 318 (redescription); MacKay et al., 1988: 88; Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 96; Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 302; Bolton, 1995b: 150; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 87; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 60; Ellison et al., 2012: 238; Deyrup, 2017: 62; Morgan & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 91 (redescription).Senior synonym of Crematogaster browni: Morgan & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 91.Senior synonym of Crematogaster kennedyi: Buren, in Smith, 1958c PDF: 125; Smith, 1979: 1378; Bolton, 1995b: 150; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 60; Morgan & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 91.Material of the unavailable name Crematogaster lineolata cerasi punctinodis referred here by Buren, in Smith, 1958c PDF: 125; Smith, 1979: 1378; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
Crematogaster cerasi is a species of ant in tribe Crematogastrini.[1] It was described by Asa Fitch in 1855.[1]
Crematogaster cerasi are identified by the long hairs found on their shoulder and dorsum. Unlike others from the genus Crematogaster, there are only 3-5 hairs on each of these areas. Ridges on the thoracic dorsal are also indicators of a Crematogaster cerasi. Ridges are short and discontinuous. The bodies of the ants are unicolored.
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Crematogaster cerasi are omnivorous. This means that they have the ability to eat both non-vegetarian food as well as plants and seeds. They eat dead bugs and smaller insects. They also consume nectar of flowers.
Predators consist of spiders, rodents, beetles, birds and sometimes but not often, black bears. Having this many known predators makes them a necessary part of the ecosystem.
Crematogaster cerasi is a species of ant in tribe Crematogastrini. It was described by Asa Fitch in 1855.
