Crematogaster menilekii occidentalis

Taylor et al. (2018) treat this taxon as a full species but provide no justification for the change. Subsequent authors have not followed this treatment.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Equatorial Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster menileki subsp. occidentalis Mayr, 1902: 293 (w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Bioko I.).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea: Fernando Po (= Bioko I.) (Buchholz).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148.
 * Subspecies of menilekii: Schulz, W.A. 1906: 170; Santschi, 1913a: 412 (in key); Forel, 1913h: 353; Santschi, 1915c: 252; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 840; Emery, 1922e: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
 * Distribution: Benin, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea.