Crematogaster bipartita

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster (Orthocrema) dispar var. bipartita Emery, 1922e: 132.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Broome (E. Mjöberg).
 * Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also in NHRS).
 * [First available use of Crematogaster sordidula r. dispar var. bipartita Forel, 1915b: 54 (w.) AUSTRALIA (“N.W. Australien”); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Taylor, 1986: 34).]
 * Subspecies of dispar: Bolton, 1995b: 148.
 * Status as species: Heterick, 2021: 13.
 * Distribution: Australia.

Taxonomic Notes
Heterick (2021): The overall appearance is the same as Crematogaster queenslandica, including the stout erect bristle at the base of the propodeum. However, the different appearance of the posterior promesonotum and the different colour in the imaged type specimen dictate that it be kept as a separate taxon until more material can be examined. This ant is superficially similar to Crematogaster dispar] (itself regarded as a junior synonym of [[Crematogaster rufotestacea here), but the latter is a temperate species with a different anterior clypeal margin and lacks the erect propodeal bristle; consequently C. bipartita is raised to species in this work.