Crematogaster gambiensis

Taylor et al. (2018) reports this species nesting in dead twigs and under bark on trees, including cocoa, as well as foraging on mango (Mangifera indica) and Isoberlinia doka.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster gambiensis André, 1889: 228 (w.) GAMBIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Gambia: (no further data) (Mocquerys).
 * Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
 * Forel, 1913b: 324 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 82; Mayr, 1895: 137; Mayr, 1907a: 387; Forel, 1913b: 324; Santschi, 1914d: 346; Arnold, 1920a: 529; Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846; Viehmeyer, 1923: 88; Santschi, 1926b: 227; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Weber, 1943c: 310; Bolton, 1995b: 153; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
 * Senior synonym of fulva: Bolton, 1995b: 153.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus krantziana, longiruga, sejuncta, transversiruga.
 * fulva. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) fulva Donisthorpe, 1945d: 265 (w.) GHANA.
 * Type-material: 15 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): Ashanti, 11 mi. E Nkoranza (Ejura Rd), 26.xii.1944, no. 1415 (H.E. Box).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Junior synonym of gambiensis: Bolton, 1995b: 153.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.
 * 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