Crematogaster similis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster similis Stitz, 1911b: 388, fig. 7 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Mt Karissimbi, NE Lake Kivu (Schubotz).
 * Type-depositories: MNHU, SIZK.
 * Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1918d: 182.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 848; Santschi, 1926b: 228; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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