Crematogaster (Crematogaster) cooperi Forel - new status

Type location South Africa (Cremastogaster Neuvillei For. r. Cooperi n. stirps, Forel, 1914d: 233, worker; Arnold, 1920a: 498, queen) Durban, Natal, H B Cooper - see below
junior synonym (here) ingravis (Cremastogaster Neuvillei For. race Cooperi var. ingravis n., Forel, 1915c: 341, worker from South Africa, Durban, L Bevis & C B Cooper - see below
worker and queen only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1914d) description of cooperi is at . Arnold's (1920a) translation is at and his illustrated translation and description of the cooperi queen, plus ingravis is at .

Quite clearly very different to Crematogaster neuvillei in form, size and colour, so raised to species status. The junior synonym ingravis is near identical in all aspectes.

The photomontage of a syntype worker of cooperi is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902108

The photomontage of a syntype worker of ingravis is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908544