Crematogaster clariventris

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Uganda.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster buchneri subsp. clariventris Mayr, 1895: 139 (w.) CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Congo (“Loango Coast”): (no further data) (H. Brauns).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Forel, 1911e: 271 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 854.
 * Subspecies of buchneri: Mayr, 1896: 242; Forel, 1911e: 271; Forel, 1912j: 180; Forel, 1913c: 352; Forel, 1913h: 351; Menozzi, 1933a: 103.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 854; Emery, 1922e: 155; Santschi, 1930a: 65; Santschi, 1933b: 100; Santschi, 1935a: 263; Santschi, 1937b: 99; Santschi, 1939c: 8; Bernard, 1953b: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 150; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
 * Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus biimpressa.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3: 5-16.
 * Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
 * 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
 * Dufour B. 1991. Place et importance des différentes espèces d'insectes dans l'écologie du CSSV (Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus) au Togo). Café Cacao Thé 35(3): 197-204.
 * Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
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 * Forel A. 1913. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 347-359.
 * 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
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 * Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
 * Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
 * Tadu Z., C. Djieto-Lordon, R. Babin, Yede, E. B. Messop-Youbi, and A. Fomena. 2013. Influence of insecticide treatment on ant diversity in tropical agroforestry system: some aspect of the recolonization process. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 5(12): 832-844.
 * Taylor B. 1979. Ants of the Nigerian Forest Zone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). III. Myrmicinae (Cardiocondylini to Meranoplini). Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Research Bulletin 6: 1-65.
 * 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