Protonym: Crematogaster castaneus
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 136, pl. 9, fig. 2
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen (numbers not stated). Type-locality: Albania (in error) (no collector’s name). Type-depository: BMNH.
Type notes According to Roger, 1859: 259, the correct type-locality is South Africa: Durban (“... ist nicht aus Albanien, sondern aus Port Natal”).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Crematogaster castanea Species Valid Original combination
Crematogaster castaneus Species Unavailable misspelling
a misspelling of Crematogaster castanea Smith, 1858