Crematogaster (Crematogaster) stigmata Santschi
Type location Nigeria
(Cremastogaster stigmata n. sp., Santschi, 1914d: 344,
illustrated, worker & male), collected at Olokemeji by F.
Silvestri - see below
Worker and male only described (see Bolton, 1995) .
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Note: the following are Cr. vidua
Crematogaster
(Crematogaster) species C/F409
- Nigeria specimens (Taylor, 1979: 25). WORKER. TL variable
3.27-4.04 mm, largest HL 0.92, HW 1.01, SL 0.62, PW 0.59
Colour dark brown-black, shiny. Lateral mesonotum, propodeum and
pedicel spiculate, some specimens striate on the alitrunk. Pilosity
sparse, erect hairs also sparse but about 10 on the pronotum. Alitrunk
profile slightly concave, metanotal groove not impressed, mesonotum
with an angled posterior face. Propodeal spines near top of declivity
and sharp. Subpetiolar spine short and acute triangular.
In Nigeria it was rarely found foraging on
shrubs and cocoa.
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