Crematogaster ensifera

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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster (Decacrema) ensifera Forel, 1910a: 18 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Blaimer, 2010: 17), paralectotype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: lectotype Madagascar: eastern Madagascar, virgin forest, Sahana (no collector’s name); paralectotypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 138; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1025; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
 * Member of hova complex: Blaimer, 2010: 17.
 * Distribution: Madgascar.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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. 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.
 * 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