Protonym: Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) amita var. caffra
Authorship Santschi, 1926b: 226
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Transvaal, in stomach of a pangolin (Manis) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912790.
Type notes Santschi (in Forel, 1922b: 94) implies that this taxon is the same as Crematogaster kneri Mayr, 1862, sensu Arnold, 1920a: 525; the locality for Arnold’s material is South Africa: Orange Free State, Bothaville (H. Brauns).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Crematogaster amita caffra Subspecies Valid Original combination