Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica Emery

Type location Cameroun (Crematogaster chlorotica n. sp., Emery, 1899e: 483, worker & queen) collected by Conradt
junior synonym (here) sordidoides (Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) luctans For. v. sordidoides n. var., Santschi, 1930d: 269, worker) from Sierra Leone, collected at Ntala, by E. Hargreaves - see below.

Worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1899e) description is at .

Wheeler (1922) listed findings from Sierra Leone (no details), Cameroun (from Johann-Albrechtschöhe, by Conradt), and Congo.

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904476.

Santschi's (1930d) description of sordidoides is at .

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912808. Identical in all ways to chlorotica.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Senegal Tambacounda B Ndiaye	4.v.2009 Wassa 13°06'30"N 12°05'18" W	Sabodola 04-V-09 Wassa (?) Soudanian savannah, hand collection	2
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Mali David King King 45	25.viii.2007 Bamako 12°37.481' N 8°00.27' W	323 m asl; foraging on wall of outside stairwell	1
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin S Tchibozo Benin 9	27.viii.2006 Bonou 06°50-55' N 02°20-30'E	Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè; Pitfall trap	1
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2886	18.x.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	On Mangifera indica Quadrat 6, tube 15, variété: Gouverneur Ground nesting	2
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2891	24.x.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 6, tube 3, variété: Gouverneur Ground nesting	2
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2930	27.ix.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 5, tube 8, variété: Gouverneur Arboreal	2
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2952	Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	On Anacardium occidentale To 15	1
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3090.4	29.xii.2012 Koro 09°22'21'' N 02°40'13'' E	Anacardium occidentale hand collected	1
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3093.3	10.xi.2011 Tanquiéta 10°40'05'' N 01°18'14'' E	Acacia sieberiana beating 234 m asl	2
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 3095.4	10.xi.2011 Tanquiéta 10°40'05'' N 01°18'14'' E	Acacia gourmaensis beating 234 m asl	1
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Crematogaster sp7	20.xi.2007 Awae II 03°54'30" N 11°25'58" E	Quadrat in forest	1
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det. Queen	Central African Republic P Annoyer Di-05	20.i.2005 Dzanga-Sangha 03°55’13.2" N 16°36’46.1" E	U.V : 2h-6h, après Sefka (entre Bambio et croisement Nola/Berberati), dans layon forestier; from on a reduviid bug; collected in forest, 1st hour of the morning; 536m asl	1
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) chlorotica B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 174	25.xi.2001 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E	pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	2

The photomontage is of a specimen from Senegal, Tambacounda; collector B Ndiaye (Wassa).

The photomontage is of a specimen from Benin, Bonou, Forêt de Gnanhouizoumè; collector S Tchibozo.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Mali, Bamako, collector David M King (King 45).

The photomontage is of a worker from Cameroun; from Awae II; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk crematogaster sp 7).

The photomontage is of a specimen from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nile; collector J Mathews (JM 174); 1 mounted plus 5 others.

The photomontage is of a queen from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha National Park; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR DN).