Crematogaster castanea arborea

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster arboreus Smith, F. 1858b: 138, pl. 14 (nest) (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (Gueinzius).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Mayr, 1866b: 900 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1866b: 900 (redescription); Mayr, 1886c: 360; Dalla Torre, 1893: 79; Emery, 1895h: 29; Arnold, 1920a: 506.
 * Synonym of tricolor: Mayr, 1895: 136 (footnote); Mayr, 1907b: 16; Arnold, 1920a: 506.
 * [Note: Mayr, 1907b: 16, gives tricolor as senior synonym, but arborea has priority (Arnold, 1920a: 506.)]
 * Junior synonym of castanea: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 830.
 * Subspecies of castanea: Emery, 1922e: 145; Santschi, 1930b: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 147.
 * Senior synonym of decolorata: Santschi, 1930b: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 147.
 * Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe.
 * decolorata. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) castanea var. decolorata Santschi, 1926b: 213 (w.) ZIMBABWE, SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Umtali, 8.vi.1920 (G. Arnold), South Africa: Natal (Trägårdh).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of arborea: Santschi, 1930b: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 151.