Crematogaster solenopsides costeboriensis

Taylor et al. (2018) report this species from nests in dead wood and under dry bark, and found it occasionally on cocoa (rare) and native shrubs, as well as on coffee.

Taylor et al (2018) also report it being smaller, darker and with longer propodeal spines than Crematogaster solenopsides, and therefore consider it a full, separate species. However, this treatment has not been accepted by subsequent authors.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Ivory Coast.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster (Decacrema) solenopsoides st. costeboriensis Santschi, 1919h: 86 (w.) IVORY COAST.
 * Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Ivory Coast: San Pedro region (C. Phore).
 * Type-depository: NHMB or MNHN.
 * [Note: specimen was “Reçue du Muséum de Paris” by Santschi, and may have been returned to MNHN.]
 * Subspecies of solenopsides: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 862; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
 * Distribution: Ivory Coast.

Type Material
Type locatity Ivory Coast, type worker CASENT0908527.