Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) amita Forel
  Type location Zimbabwe (Cremastogaster
Kneri Mayr var. amita n. v., Forel, 1913a: 125, worker;
raised to species Santschi, 1925h: 161) Bulawayo, G Arnold - see below
subspecies
bushimana (Santschi, 1926b: 226, worker &
queen) from South Africa - no images on Antweb (January 2015)
caffra (Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) kneri Mayr
stirps amita n. v. caffra
n. var., Forel, 1922: 94, footnote; Santschi, 1926b:
all forms) from South Africa, Transvaal - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912790
makololo (Crematogaster
(Spherocrema) amita Forel var. makololo
n. var., Santschi, 1926b: 226, worker) from Zimbabwe, Bulawayo,
G Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912791
matabele (Cremastogaster
Kneri Mayr var. matabele
n. v., Arnold,
1920a: 528, illustrated, worker) Zimbabwe,
Hillside, Bulawayo, G Arnold - see below
unavailable name bantuana (Crematogaster
(Sphaerocrema) amita Forel stirps matabele Arnold, var. bantuana n. var., Santschi, 1925h:
161, worker) from Angola, Benguela - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912792
all forms described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Forel's (1913a) description
is at  . Arnold (1920a: 527)
gave a translation,
with his illustrated description of matabele, this is at  . Forel's (1922) description of caffra
is at  . Santschi's (1925h)
description of bantuana is at  . Santschi's (1926b) summary of varieties
and description of makololo is at  .
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The
photomontage of the type worker is collated from 
The
photomontage of a syntype worker of matabele is collated from 
The
photomontage is of a worker from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game
Reserve; collector G McGavin (Tree 3-64-01). 
The
photomontage is of a worker from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game
Reserve; collector G McGavin (Tree 3-65-03).