Crematogaster natalensis

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

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster sordidula subsp. natalensis Forel, 1910e: 431 (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA, LESOTHO.
 * Type-material: syntype worker, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Mts of Natal (Wroughton) (by restriction of Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 850).
 * [Note: other syntype locality: Lesotho (“Basutoland”): (no further data) (Wroughton).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 850.
 * Subspecies of sordidula: Forel, 1911f: 277; Forel, 1914d: 239; Arnold, 1920a: 539; Emery, 1922e: 131; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 850.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1912e: 668; Emery, 1922e: 131; Santschi, 1926b: 212; Menozzi, 1930b: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 158.
 * Distribution: Lesotho, Somalia, South Africa.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus braunsi, dulcis.

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.
 * Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
 * Forel A. 1910. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54: 421-458.
 * Forel A. 1914. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
 * 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