Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei Forel

Type location Mozambique (Cremastogaster gallicola v. Liengmei, n.var., Forel, 1894b: 96, worker) Delagoa, Dr Liengme - see below
subspecies
caculata (Cremastogaster Peringueyi Em. r. caculata n. stirps, Forel, 1915c: 341, worker) from South Africa, Durban, Natal, C B Cooper - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908551
weitzeckeri (Crematogaster Weitzeckeri, n. sp., Emery, 1895h: 28, illustrated, worker) from South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, M Weitzecker - see below; junior synonym of weitzeckeri is kloofensis (Cremastogaster coelestis Sant. v. kloofensis n. var., Forel, 1914d: 237, worker; synonymy by Arnold, 1920a: 549) - no images on Antweb (January 2015)
worker only described .

Arnold (1920a) found acanthobia (Cr. excisa Mayr r. Andrei var. acanthobia n.v., Forel, 1914d: 236, worker), gordonensis (Cr. excisa r. andrei var. gordonensis, Forel, 1914d: 236, worker) and thais (as Cr. excisa Mayr r. Andrei v. Thais n. v., Forel, 1913a: 126, worker) all have ten-segmented antennae and placed them under liengmei race weitzeckeri; this is unclear in Bolton (1995) where they are simply listed as "unavailable names". For thais see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908524

Forel's (1894b) description is at . Emery's (1895h) illustrated description of weitzeckeri is at . Forel's (1913a) description of thais is at . Forel's (1914d) descriptions of gordanensis, acanthobia and kloofensis are at . Forel's (1915c) description of caculata is at . Arnold (1920a: 550) gave an illustrated translation, this is at and .

Forel's original description did not refer to the 10-segmented antennae and makes comparison with the 11-segmented antennae species Crematogaster (Crematogaster) gallicola

The photomontage of the holotype is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0193951.

The photomontage of a worker from the type collection of weitzeckeri is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904485.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei B Taylor det.

South Africa Peter Hlavác

5.ix.2003 Western Cape 33°21'07"S 22°02'46"E

Swortberg Pass

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The photomontage is of a worker from South Africa, Western Cape, Swortberg Pass, 33°21'07"S 22°02'46"E, collector Peter Hlavac, 05.ix.2003. Collected with the Staphylinid beetle Novoclaviger braunsi Wasmann (1897a: 201) [see Peter Hlavác, 2007. Revision of the subtribe Clavigerodina and an annotated catalogue of South African Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). African Invertebrates, 48, 65-92)].