The Ants of Africa
Genus Crematogaster
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) capensis Mayr
{Crematogaster capensis}

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) capensis Mayr

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server}Type location South Africa (Mayr, 1862: 764, worker & queen; Mayr, 1865: plate IV, had illustrations); subspecies calens and tropicorum (both Forel, 1910e: 435, worker) from Mozambique; worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1862) description is at {original description}. Mayr (1865) gave a fuller illustration, this is at {original description}. Forel's (1910e) description of calens & tropicorum is at {original description}. Arnold (1920a: 512) gave a translation, this is at {original description}.

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