Crematogaster (Crematogaster) proserpina Wheeler
- new status
  Type location Zaïre
(Crematogaster
menilekii (Forel) subspecies proserpina
Santschi, new subspecies; in Wheeler, 1922: 154) from
Malela, by Lang & Chapin - see below
junior synonyms (here)
pluton (Crematogaster
(Crematogaster) Meneliki For. stirps proserpina Sants. var. pluton n. var., Santschi, 1919h:
87, worker) from Zaïre,
Zambi, by J. Bequaert - see below
suddensis (Crematogaster (C.) menileki
Forel, suddensis subsp. nov.,
Weber, 1943c: 356, worker & queen) from Sudan - no images on Antweb
(August 2016)
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Wheeler
(1922) proserpina as : TL 3.2-4 mm; pale,
brownish yellow, shining, thorax and petiole near opaque, anterior
border of head and corners obliquely truncated, postpetiole of two
distinct ovoidal eminences. The ants were living in the stalks of
Papyrus and making carton nests in their crowns, biting fiercely if
disturbed.
Santschi's (1919h) description of pluton
is at  .
Weber's (1919h) description of suddensis
is at  . The latter appears to match the darker form of pluton.
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The photomontage
of a worker of pluton is
collated from