Crematogaster opaciceps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster opaciceps Mayr, 1901b: 12 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Port Elizabeth (H. Brauns).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * [Misspelled as opaceipes by Santschi, 1926b: 216.]
 * Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 842;
 * combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 148;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * Status as species: Arnold, 1920a: 514; Emery, 1922e: 148; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 842; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
 * Distribution: South Africa.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus cacodaemon, clepens, defleta.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1920. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 403-578.
 * 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