Crematogaster marthae

Identification
A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster marthae Forel, 1892k: 529 (q.), 534 (w.) (diagnoses in keys) MADAGASCAR.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Blaimer, 2012a: 249, ‘Results S1: Species accounts’: 3), paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: lectotype Madagascar: Mangoroufer (= Amparafarafantsiv) (Sikora); paralectotypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: MHNG (lectotype); MCZC, MHNG (paralectotypes).
 * Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1025.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 156; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1025; Bolton, 1995b: 157; Blaimer, 2012a: 249; ‘Results S1: Species accounts’: 3 (redescription).
 * Distribution: Madgascar.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Blaimer B. B. 2012. Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 37: 240-260
 * Blaimer, B.. "Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Systematic Entomology 37 (2012): 240-260.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055