Crematogaster agnetis

Identification
A member of the Crematogaster ranavalonae-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster agnetis Forel, 1892k: 531 (q.), 533 (w.), 534 (m.) (diagnoses in keys) MADAGASCAR.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Blaimer, 2012a: 249, ‘Results S1: Species accounts’: 1), paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens, paralectotype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: lectotype Madagascar: Amparafarafantsiv (Sikora); paralectotypes with same data.
 * [Note: Blaimer, 2012a: 249, ‘Results S1: Species accounts’: 1, says that labels on type-specimens have Mangoroufer as locality.]
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Oxygyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1024.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 156; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1024; Bolton, 1995b: 146; Blaimer, 2012a: 249, ‘Results S1: Species accounts’: 1 (redescription).
 * Distribution: Madagascar.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Blaimer B. B. 2012. Acrobat ants go global  Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 421-436.
 * Blaimer B. B. 2012. Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 37: 240-260
 * Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * 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. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055