Crematogaster (Crematogaster) acaciae Forel

Type location Ethiopia "Somaliland" (Forel, 1892b: 141, worker) collected from Acacia on Faf Plain by Prof. C Keller; subspecies generosa (Santschi, 1919a: 343, worker & queen) from South Africa, gloriosa (Santschi, 1914d: 346, worker) from Zaïre, collected at Boma, by Silvestri; victoriosa (Santschi, 1916b: 497, worker) from Zimbabwe (see Bolton, 1995); worker and queen described .

Forel's (1892b) description is at . Santschi's (1914d) description of gloriosa is at . Santschi's (1916b) description of victoriosa is at . Santschi's (1919a) description of generosa is at . Arnold (1920a) gave a translation of victoriosa, this is at . Arnold (1926) gave a translation of generosa, this is at .

Wheeler (1922) also had records of victoriosa from Zambi, Zaïre, by J. Bequaert.

Collingwood (1985) separated it out from other Saudi Arabian species by - petiole slightly or not wider than long; head and alitrunk unicolourous red; petiole spines reduced to tubercles; body sculpture weak; occiput dull; second funiculus segment shorter than third. He described it as a pale weakly sculptured species with very reduced spines, broad head (CI 108) and a narrow petiole, 0.3 X 0.3. He noted the distribution as north east Africa.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Tanzania, Igire Hill, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E, pkd collection from Heywoodia lucens, 10.i.1996, by G McGavin. Other images can be seen in the folder at -