Crematogaster (Crematogaster) aegyptiaca Mayr

Type location Egypt (Mayr, 1862: 765, worker); subspecies pharaonis (Santschi, 1914a: 432, worker) from Egypt, robusta (Emery, 1877b: 379, queen & male; Emery, 1915g: 10, worker) from Eritrea and turkanensis (Santschi, 1935b: 271, worker) from Kenya; worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1862) description is at . Emery's (1877b) description of robusta is at . Santschi's (1914a) description of pharaonis is at . Santschi's (1935b) description of turkanensis is at .

Note - the record of "Crematogaster aegyptiaca Mayr subsp. senegalensis var. robusta Emery" by Finzi (1939a) was not Cr. aegyptiaca but Crematogaster senegalensis possibly varying from the type form. Emery only ever described the sexual forms of robusta and in his 1915 paper (Emery, 1915g) cited by Finzi further confused the situation.

Collingwood (1985, illustrated), for specimens from Saudi Arabia, had propodeal spines broadly dentate, less than 0.13 mm; gaster with superficial sculpture and coarse pubescence; body colour reddish-brown

The photomontage is of specimens from Egypt, St Katharine, S Sinai, E 33°56' N 28°33'; 1.iv.1998, collected by Mostafa Sharaf. Other images can be seen in the folder at -