Crematogaster castanea rufonigra

The description of this subspecies (see below) is accompanied by remarks stating this species built carton nests on trees.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster tricolor subsp. rufonigra Emery, 1895h: 27 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Hebron, Hamman’s Kraal, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Arnold, 1920a: 492 (q.m.).
 * Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146.
 * Subspecies of tricolor: Forel, 1907a: 22; Forel, 1907g: 80; Forel, 1910f: 6; Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Forel, 1913a: 124; Forel, 1913h: 352; Santschi, 1914b: 86; Santschi, 1914d: 342.
 * Subspecies of castanea: Santschi, 1916b: 502; Arnold, 1920a: 492; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 833; Emery, 1922e: 146; Prins, 1963: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 161.
 * Distribution: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.