Crematogaster (Orthocrema) natalensis Forel

Type location South Africa (Cremastogaster sordidula Nyl., subsp. natalensis n.subsp., Forel, 1910e: 100, all forms; raised to species by Emery, 1912e: 668) Mountians of Natal
junior synonyms (here)
braunsi (Cremastogaster sordidula Nyl., subsp. natalensis Forel var. Braunsi n. var., Forel, 1911f: 277, worker; Emery, 1922e: 131; Crematogaster (Orthocrema) natalensis For. v. braunsi For., Santschi, 1926b: 212) from South Africa, Matroosberg Mts, R W Tucker - see below
dulcis (Crematogaster (Orthocrema) natalensis For. var. dulcis n. var., Santschi, 1926b: 212, worker), from South Africa, Natal, R C Wroughton - see below
all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1910e) description is at . Forel's (1911f) description of braunsi is at . Arnold (1920a: 539) gave a translation; this is at Santschi's (1926b) description of dulcis is at .

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908360.

Although labelled "typus", this is from Basutoland (Lesotho) (listed in Forel, 1910e) but is not the true type which was from the Mountains of Natal, collected by Wroughton. It is some 25% smaller (TL ca 2.5 mm) than the types of braunsi (TL ca 3.8 mm) and dulcis (TL ca 3.0 mm). Arnold (1920a) however gave a confusing statement where he regarded the Estcourt, Natal, specimens as braunsi and gave TL 2.6-3.5 mm with natalensis from Estcourt and Krantz Kloof as TL 2-2.5 mm..

The photomontage of the braunsi type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908361.

The photomontage of the dulcis type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912777.