Crematogaster schencki

Identification
Blaimer (2010, 2012c) - A member of the Crematogaster hova group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster schenki Forel, 1891b: 182, pl. 6, fig. 2 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Blaimer, 2010: 17), paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: lectotype Madagascar: Imerina, Antananarivo, Andrangoloaka, “central Madagascar” (Hildebrand); paralectotypes with same data, or from same locality but collected by Camboué or Sikora.
 * Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype), MHNG, MNHU (paralectotypes).
 * [Justified emendation of spelling to schencki: Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 161.]
 * Combination in C. (Decacrema): Forel, 1910a: 18; Forel, 1910f: 9.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 85; Emery, 1895f: 343; Forel, 1904b: 372; Forel, 1907g: 78; Emery, 1922e: 138; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1026; Bolton, 1995b: 162.
 * Member of hova complex: Blaimer, 2010: 17.
 * Distribution: Madagascar.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fisher B. L. 1996. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)85: 93-108
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 1999. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)94: 129-147
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * Forel A. 1904. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388.
 * Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
 * 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. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055