The Ants of Africa
Genus Crematogaster
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) ugandensis Santschi - new status
{Crematogaster ugandensis livingstonei}

Crematogaster (Orthocrema) ugandensis Santschi - new status

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Uganda (Cremastogaster muralti For., st ugandensis, nov., Santschi, 1914b: 99, worker); variety livingstonei (Santschi, 1919a: 344, worker) from Zambia; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914b) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1919a) description of livingstonei is at {original description}. Arnold (1920a: 536) gave an illustrated translation; this is at {original description}.

Separated from Crematogaster muralti by virtue of this being smaller, dark brown to black and having more obvious striations on the head and alitrunk.

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