Crematogaster bequaerti

Identification
A member of the Crematogaster kneri group.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 319 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Sankisia (Bequaert).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 152; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 155, 845; Santschi, 1937a: 56 (in key); Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bernard, 1953b: 233; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus atraplex, gerardi, ludia, modica, mutabilis, semiclara.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Forel A. 1913. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels). 2: 306-351.
 * 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.
 * Taylor B., and S. F. Adedoyin. 1978. The abundance and interspecific relations of common ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on cocoa farms in western Nigeria. Bull. Ent. Res. 68: 105-121.