Crematogaster natalensis

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Crematogaster natalensis Forel, 1910 valid

Crematogaster sordidula subsp. natalensis Forel, 1910f: 431 (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA, LESOTHO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype worker, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: South Africa: Mts of Natal (R.C. Wroughton) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 850; no lectotype designated), Lesotho (“Basutoland”): (no further data) (R.C. Wroughton). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0908360.

Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Wheeler, 1922: 850; Blaimer, 2012c: 55.
Subspecies of Crematogaster sordidula: Forel, 1911h: 277; Forel, 1914d: 239; Arnold, 1920a: 539; Emery, 1922c: 131; Wheeler, 1922: 850.
Status as species: Emery, 1912e: 668; Emery, 1922c: 131; Santschi, 1926b: 212; Menozzi, 1930b: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 158.

Obsolete combinations

Crematogaster sordidula natalensis

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

C. n. braunsi Emery, 1922
C. n. dulcis Santschi, 1926

Citations

Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578. PDF
Blaimer, B. B. 2012c. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482:47-67. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1912e. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. Teil XI. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1912:651-672.
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:421-458. PDF
Forel, A. 1911h. Fourmis d'Afrique et d'Asie. I. Fourmis d'Afrique surtout du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1:274-283. PDF
Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1930b. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 9:76-130. PDF
Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 13:207-267. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

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