Crematogaster (Decacrema) edentula Santschi
  Type location Guinea (Cremastogaster
(Decacrema) edentula, n.sp. Santschi, 1914d: 349, illustrated,
worker & male; Santschi, 1915c: 253, queen) from Kindia, collected
by F. Silvestri;
all forms described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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Santschi (1915c) described the FEMALE as - TL 4.6 mm;
darker,
especially on last three segments of gaster; sculpture and pilosity as
the worker. Head rectangular, sides parallel and posterior border with
angles slightly rounded. Eyes slightly convex, occupying the median
third of the sides. Scape reaching the posterior third of the head.
Funiculus segments 1-7 wider than long; 9-10 forming a club. Alitrunk
profile slightly concave, scutellum smooth. Propodeum slightly convex
at anterior transverse border; declivity vertical sided and without
scarcely a trace of a tubercle. Pedicel enlarged; rest as worker.
Forewings 4.2 mm. The specimens, also noted by Wheeler (1922), were
from Benin (at Kouandé, by Desanti).
Santschi noted that the workers were from Guinea, Kindia
by
Silvestri, so he had reservations over the association of workers and
females, other than on the common characters.
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photomontage of the holotype is collated from