Crematogaster (Crematogaster) nigriceps Emery

Type location Somalia (Cremastogaster nigriceps n. sp., Emery, 1897e: 600, illustrated, worker; Viehmeyer, 1923: 89, queen & male) Banas, Hauacio, from acacia spines - see below
junior synonyms (here)
prelli (Cremastogaster nigriceps Emery, subsp. Prelli n, subsp., Forel, 1911d: 368, worker) from Tanzania, Kahe steppe, Prell, in spines of Acacia cornigera - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908545
diversa (Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) nigriceps E., stirps prelli For. v. diversa n. var., Santschi, 1928d: 65, worker - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912706)
probable j. syn. but undetermined as no images available
saganensis (Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 65, illustrated, worker) from Ethiopia - no images on Antweb (December 2014).
All forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1897e) description is at . Forel's (1911d) description of prelli is at . Viehmeyer's (1923) description of the queen and male is at . Santschi's (1928d) description of diversa is at ( a minor worker lacking the bright colour variation).

Menozzi & Casani's (1952) description of saganensis is at .

The photomontage of a type collection (minor) worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904510

Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) nigriceps B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-58	12.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Acacia dendropanolobium; 37M 0374884 UTM 9571017	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) nigriceps B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-59	12.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Acacia dendropanolobium; 37M 0374884 UTM 9571017	2
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) nigriceps B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-60	12.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Acacia dendropanolobium; 37M 0374884 UTM 9571017 4 workers, 1 queen, 1 male	6
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) nigriceps B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-61	12.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Acacia dendropanolobium; 37M 0374884 UTM 9571017 1 worker, 1 male	2

The photomontage is of a major worker from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve; 08.40 h, 12.i.1997; 37M 0374884 UTM 9571017; pkd from tree 5/60, Acacia drepanolobium; collected by G McGavin.

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, collected by G McGavin.

The photomontage of the Viehmeyer queen is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=focol1463

The photomontage is of a queen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, collected by G McGavin.

The photomontage of the Viehmeyer male is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=focol1464 and focol1464.

The photomontage is of a male from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, collected by G McGavin.