Crematogaster gavapiga

Identification
Hosoishi and Ogata (2016) - A member of the Crematogaster quadriruga group. We have not been able to examine the types of C. gavapiga. From the original description and key provided by Menozzi (1935), this species is close to Crematogaster bandarensis. He distinguished C. gavapiga from C. bandarensis by smooth and shining surface of dorsal mesosoma. However, some specimens in our collections of C. bandarensis have smooth and shining surface of dorsal mesosoma, suggesting that the character state seen in C. gavapiga is within the infraspecific variation of C. bandarensis. Taxonomic relationship with C. bandarensis will remain uncertain until type material can be examined.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster (Orthocrema) gavapiga Menozzi, 1935a: 109, fig. 5 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
 * Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Tjampea, nr Buitenzorg (= Bogor), no. 2389 (W. Karawaiew).
 * Type-depository: IEUB (perhaps also in SIZK).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 153; Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016a: 583.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Type Material
Hosoishi and Ogata (2016) - Worker, Tjampea, Java, Indonesia (2389) (probably in, not seen).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Hosoichi S., and K. Ogata. 2016. Systematics and biogeography of the ant genus Crematogaster Lund subgenus Orthocrema Santschi in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176: 547–606.
 * Hosoishi S. and K. Ogata. 2009. A check list of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Inst. Trop. Agr. Kyushu Univ. 32: 43-83.