Crematogaster santschii

Identification
A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster santschii Forel, 1913b: 322 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Kasai, Kondué (Luja).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 858;
 * combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1913h: 352; Arnold, 1920a: 540; Emery, 1922e: 148; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 858; Santschi, 1930a: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus clymene.

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.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection