Crematogaster (Crem.) antaris Forel
Type location Algeria (Crematogaster auberti var
antaris, 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 variety of antaris, Santschi, 1921d: 71) from Algeria.
Forel's (1894d) description is at
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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
maura; sculpture more feeble. Santschi's (1921d)
description of sordida is at
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Egypt records - Wheeler & Mann (1916) reported it from
Mt Sinai, Sinai Peninsula.
The photomontage is of specimens collected in the Sinai Desert,
Egypt, St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine,
in mountains above 1500m, in early 2002, by Mike James. Other
images can be seen in the folder at -
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The photomontage of sordida is collated from