Crematogaster stadelmanni

Identification
A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895: 140 (w.q.) LIBERIA.
 * Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Liberia: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: NHMW (perhaps in MNHU).
 * [Note: Mayr says the material came from “Berliner Museum”, but does not indicate if it was returned there.]
 * Delage-Darchen, 1972b: 259 (l.).
 * Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Santschi, 1914d: 349; Forel, 1915c: 337;
 * combination in C. (Nematocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1896: 242; Mayr, 1902: 294; Forel, 1911d: 369; Forel, 1911f: 277; Forel, 1913e: 670; Santschi, 1914d: 349; Forel, 1915c: 337; Forel, 1916: 411; Stitz, 1916: 383; Emery, 1922e: 158; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 160, 859; Bolton, 1995b: 163; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 211.
 * Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus anguliceps, angustata, dolichocephala, gracilenta, intermedia, ovinodis, schereri, spissata.

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.
 * Dejean A., F. Azemar, R. Cereghino, M. Leponce, B. Corbara, J. Orivel, and A. Compin. 2015. The dynamics of ant mosaics in tropical rainforests characterized using the SelfOrganizing Map algorithm. Insect Science doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12208
 * Forel A. 1915. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles. 50: 335-364.
 * Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
 * Hita Garcia, F., G. Fischer, M.K. Peters, R.R. Snelling and H.W. Wagele. 2009. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Journal of East African Natural HIstory 98(2): 147-165.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
 * 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. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004