Crematogaster foraminiceps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster foraminiceps Santschi, 1913a: 412 (w.) (diagnosis in key) East Africa (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: East Africa: (no further data).
 * [Note: Santschi, 1914b: 91, gives Kenya: Kikuyu territory, Nairobi forest, 1700 m., st. no. 11, xi. 1911(Alluaud & Jeannel), as type-locality.]
 * Type-depositories: NHMB, SIZK.
 * Santschi, 1914b: 90 (q.m.).
 * Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 838;
 * combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1914b: 89 (redescription); Emery, 1922e: 147; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 838; Santschi, 1935b: 269; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
 * Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus mirmillo, staitchi.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
 * 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.
 * Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
 * 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