The Ants of Africa
Genus Crematogaster
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) affabilis Forel
{Crematogaster affabilis}

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) affabilis Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server}Type location Somalia (Cremastogaster Chiarinii Em. (1) var. affabilis n. var., Forel, 1907c: 142, worker; raised to species Collingwood, 1985: 260); worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1907c) description is at {original description}.

Collingwood (1985, illustrated), for specimens from Saudi Arabia, had head only slightly wider than long; propodeal spines long and thin, at least 0.25 mm; body with smooth sculpture, unicolorous dark brown to black.
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