Crematogaster tricolor

Identification
A member of the Crematogaster degeeri group.

Key to Crematogaster degeeri group workers

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Comoros, Kenya, Mozambique. Malagasy Region: Mayotte.

Nomenclature

 *  tricolor. Crematogaster tricolor Gerstäcker, 1859: 263 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE. [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 515.] Forel, 1887: 388 (q.m.). Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145. Junior synonym of castanea: Mayr, 1907b: 16; Emery, 1915g: 12; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 830. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of castanea: Arnold, 1920a: 489; Emery, 1922e: 145; Santschi, 1926b: 213. Raised to species: Blaimer & Fisher, 2013: 55.

Additional References

 * Blaimer, B.B. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 51: 1-64 (DOI 10.5852/ejt.2013.51).
 * [[Media:Gerstacker 1859.pdf|Gerstäcker, A. 1859. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Hr. Peters berichtete über sein Reisewerk, von dem die Insecten bis zum 64., die Botanik bis zum 34. Bogen gedruckt sind und theilte den Schluss der Diagnosen der von Hrn. Dr. Gerstäcker bearbeiteten Hymenopteren mit."]. Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1858: 261-264 PDF]]