Crematogaster capensis

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

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster capensis Mayr, 1862: 764 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (Novara Expd.).
 * Type-depository: NMHW.
 * Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 830;
 * combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1865: 103 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 80; Arnold, 1920a: 512; Emery, 1922e: 145; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 830; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
 * Distribution: South Africa.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus calens, tropicorum.

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.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * 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