The Ants of Africa
Genus Crematogaster
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) ferruginea Forel - revived status

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) ferruginea Forel revived status. Smith

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Somalia (Cremastogaster ferruginea n. sp., Forel, 1892e: 353, worker) collector Prof. Dr. Conr. Keller, nest in Acacia thorns - see below

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ferruginea (Cremastogaster ferruginea n. sp., Forel, 1892e: 353, worker). Forel's description is at {original description}. See http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908504

 Crematogaster ferruginea Somalia
Junior synonyms (here)

hararica (Crematogaster ferruginea v hararica n. var, Forel, 1894b: 97, worker) Harar, by Ilg. Forel's description (1894b) is at {original description}. The slightly smaller size and head shape are typical of a minor worker.
See http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908506		 Crematogaster hararica
 Ethiopia
aquila (Cremastogaster ferruginea Forel var aquila n var, Forel, 1907c: 139, worker; Santschi, 1914b: 87, male) from south of Lake Rudolph, coll. Baron Maurice de Rothschild, 1905.
Forel's description is at {original description}. No images on Antweb (July 2016). 		described as darker but no mention of propodeal spines; no images; no size given
Kenya
ulugurensis (Cremastogaster ferruginea Forel, var. Ulugurensis n. var., Forel, 1911d: 369, worker; Santschi, 1914b: 86, queen & male) Uluguru Mountains and Morogoro, collected by Zimmer - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908507
Forel (1911d) noted ulugurensis as similar to but darker than harrarica; TL 3.5-5.2 mm; reddish brown, with the gaster more yellow red, legs and antennae brown; head subopaque and very densely longitudinally striate; pronotum finely reticulo-punctate and coarsely reticulate or rugose with several irregular fossae. This appears an almost exact match for hararica.
 Crematogaster ulugurensis
 Tanzania
adusta (Cremastogaster tricolor Gerst. r. ferruginea For. var. adusta n. var., Stitz, 1923: 155, worker; Santschi, 1935a: 257) from Usakos, April-June 1911 - no images on Antweb (July 2016)
Stitz's description is on {original description}.
Santschi (1935a, as adusta v emacerata) noted adusta and its variety have short propodeal spines, setting them apart from the other races of castanea 		Head and gaster dark brown, alitrunk red-brown
 Namibia
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