Crematogaster depressa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica depressa Latreille, 1802c: 268, pl. 11, fig. 73 (q.) GUINEA.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Guinea: (no further data) (Beauvois).
 * Type-depository: MNHN.
 * Forel, 1910f: 5 (m.).
 * Combination in Crematogaster: Emery, 1892b: 164;
 * combination in C. (Oxygyne): Forel, 1901e: 375;
 * combination in C. (Atopogyne): Forel, 1911d: 343; Santschi, 1918d: 183.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Mayr, 1895: 144; Emery, 1899e: 478; Forel, 1910f: 5; Santschi, 1914d: 351; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 159, 855; Santschi, 1937b: 99; Weber, 1943c: 310; Bernard, 1953b: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
 * Senior synonym of foreli: Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
 * Senior synonym of mandibularis: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
 * Senior synonym of platygnatha: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
 * Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus adultera, fuscipennis.
 * foreli. Crematogaster buchneri subsp. foreli Mayr, 1895: 138 (w.) West Africa (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Slave Coast (“Sclavenküste”): (no further data).
 * [Note: “Slave Coast” extended from the Volta River mouth (Ghana) to Lagos (Nigeria).]
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Santschi, 1916b: 501.
 * Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1909b: 53; Santschi, 1928d: 68.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1918d: 183.
 * Subspecies of depressa: Santschi, 1914d: 351; Santschi, 1933b: 100.
 * Junior synonym of depressa: Emery, 1899e: 478; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Emery, 1922e: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
 * mandibularis. Crematogaster mandibularis André, 1889: 229 (q.) SIERRA LEONE.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (Mocquerys).
 * Type-depository: MNHN.
 * Junior synonym of platygnatha: André, 1890: 323.
 * Junior synonym of depressa: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 157.
 * platygnatha. Formica platygnatha Roger, 1863a: 168 (q.) SIERRA LEONE.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Sierra Leone (no further data).
 * Type-depository: NMHU ?
 * Combination in Crematogaster: André, 1890: 323.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 419.
 * Junior synonym of depressa: Emery, 1892b: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1899e: 478; Emery, 1922e: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855; Bolton, 1995b: 160.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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