• Lectotype designation: Hosoishi & Ogata, 2019: 7.
• [Crematogaster rothneyi Smith, 1873: viii. Nomen nudum (attributed to Mayr).]
• [Misspelled as rotneyi by Menozzi, 1939a: 335.]
• Imai et al., 1984: 6 (k.)
• Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 151.
• Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166; Blaimer, 2012c: 55.
• Status as species: Rothney, 1889: 374; Dalla Torre, 1893: 85; Emery, 1895m: 467; Forel, 1903a: 682; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 140; Forel, 1906b: 89; Emery, 1922c: 151; Wheeler, 1927b: 45; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Menozzi, 1939a: 301 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1942d: 454; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 161; Tiwari, 1999: 46; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 327; Ghosh et al., 2005: 24; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 42; Bharti et al., 2016: 37; Hosoishi & Ogata, 2019: 7 (redescription); Rasheed et al., 2019: 432; Dias et al., 2020: 73; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 93; Harshana & Dey, 2024: 3.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster rothneyi civa: Hosoishi & Ogata, 2019: 7; Harshana & Dey, 2024: 3.

Junior synonyms

• Crematogaster rothneyi civa Forel, 1902

Citations

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