Crematogaster (Decacrema) solenopsides Emery

Type location Tanzania, Zanzibar (Emery, 1899e: 487, worker; Menozzi, 1930b: 105, male); subspecies costeboriensis from Ivory Coast (Region of San Pedro, by C. Phore, in Santschi, 1919h: 86, worker), flavida (Mayr, 1907b: 15, worker) from Tanzania, and mandonbii (Santschi, 1926b: 229, worker) from Uganda; unavailable names convexiclypea by Forel (1916: 411, all forms) from Zaïre, flaviscapis from Angola and gallarum from Congo (Santschi, 1910c: 370, worker) and postriata (Santschi, 1921c: 118, worker) from Tanzania; all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1899e) description is at . Mayr's (1907b) description of flavida is at . Santschi's (1910c) description of gallarum is at . Forel's (1916) description of flavida convexiclypea is at . Santschi's (1919h) descriptions of flaviscapis, gallarum and costeboriensis are at . Santschi's (1926b) description of mandonbii is at . Menozzi's (1930b) description of the male is at . Santschi (1921c) noted the poststriata worker had strong longitudinal striae on the propodeum dorsum.

Wheeler (1922) had other records from areas of the Congo basin. Bequaert (in Wheeler, 1922, p 407) cited convexiclypea as collected by Father Kohl from in myrmecophilous plants. Possibly primarily an inhabiter of Acacia galls.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E, pkd collection from Acacia nilotica, 12.i.1997, by G McGavin. Other images can be seen in the folder at -