Crematogaster africana

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Kenya.

Nomenclature

 *  africana. Crematogaster africana Mayr, 1895: 142 (w.) CAMEROUN. Santschi, 1937g: 78 (q.). Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Santschi, 1916b: 501. Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1913a: 125. Revived status as species: Santschi, 1918d: 183. Current subspecies: nominal plus alligatrix, biemarginata, camena, polymorphica, schumanni, stanleyi, stolonis, thoracica, tibialis, variegata.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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