Crematogaster contemta

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster contemta Mayr, 1879: 685 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
 * Bingham, 1903: 130 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 150.
 * Subspecies of subnuda: Forel, 1902c: 208; Forel, 1903a: 685; Forel, 1907a: 23; Forel, 1907e: 17.
 * Subspecies of laboriosa: Santschi, 1928b: 33.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 80; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 130; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 65.
 * Subspecies of brunnea: Emery, 1922e: 150; Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 5; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 151; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 42; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 36.

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