Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena & Borowiec, Lech, 2022, New and little-known ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bulgaria, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 83658-83658 : 83658

Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910

Distribution

New records: East Rhodopes: Pastrook vill., sweeping, 2 w., leg. I. Gjonov; Strazhets vill., 05.09.2010, 4 w., leg. ALG; Kazak vill., 05.09.2010, 11 w., leg. ALG; Meden buk vill., 09.04.2013, 11 w., leg. ALG; Madzharovo, Gluhite kamani loc., 11.04.2013, 1 w., leg. ALG; Svirachi vill., 22.04.2014, 10 w., leg. ALG; Vetrushka vill., 01.06.2015, 1 w., leg. ALG; Sakar Mt., Mihalich vill., 03.05.2019, 20 w., leg. ALG; Struma Valley, Lebnitsa vill., 06.08.2019, light trap, 1 q., leg. ALG; Besapari hills, Isperihovo vill., 12.04.2021, 25 w., leg. ALG. Detailed occurrence data: Lapeva-Gjonova and Borowiec (2022).

Notes

This species is known from the north-eastern and eastern Mediterranean regions. The records of Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869 from Struma Valley in Bulgaria ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2011) should be assigned to C. lorteti .