Protonym: Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) rustica
Authorship Santschi, 1935a: 259
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, UGANDA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: unknown. Primary type depositories: MRAC, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912815.
Type notes 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) This taxon was published without any locality data. Most Crematogaster material mentioned in the publication was collected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”), during 1920-21, by H. Schouteden; Crematogaster rustica possibly conforms to this pattern. 3) A specimen (CASENT0912815) in NHMB labelled as a type has the collection information Uganda: Ruwenzori, 2000 m (Dr. Bequaert).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Crematogaster rustica Species Valid Original combination