Crematogaster alulai

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster menileki var. alulai Emery, 1901e: 61 (w.) ERITREA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Eritrea: Ghinda (V. Belli).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 829;
 * combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 144;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * Subspecies of menilekii: Santschi, 1913a: 412 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 93.
 * Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1916: 411 (in text).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1915g: 11; Emery, 1922e: 144; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 829; Emery, 1922e: 144; Finzi, 1939a: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 147; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 209; Madl, 2019: 15.
 * Distribution: Eritrea, Kenya.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus scrutans.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Finzi B. 1939. Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14: 153-168.
 * 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
 * Madl M. 2019. Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 9-18.
 * Santschi F. 1913. Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912: 411-414.
 * Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
 * 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