Crematogaster rivai

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster rivai Emery, 1897e: 598, fig. (w.) ETHIOPIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Ethiopia: Ueb (= Webi) (Ruspoli) (by restriction of Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 843).
 * [Note: other syntype locality: Ethiopia: Ganana (= Ganale) (Ruspoli).]
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 843;
 * combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 148; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 843; Bolton, 1995b: 161.
 * Distribution: Ethiopia.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus luctuosa.

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