Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei Forel

Type location Mozambique (Cremastogaster gallicola v. liengmei, n.var., Forel, 1894b: 96, worker); subspecies caculata (Cremastogaster Peringueyi Em. r. caculata n. st., Forel, 1915c: 341, worker) from South Africa and weitzeckeri (Crematogaster Weitzeckeri, n. sp., Emery, 1895h: 28, illustrated, worker) from South Africa; junior synonym of weitzeckeri is kloofensis (Cremastogaster coelestis Sant. v. kloofensis n. var., Forel, 1914d: 237, worker; syn by Arnold, 1920a: 549); worker only described .

Arnold (1920a) found acanthobia (Cr. excisa r. andrei var. acanthobia, Forel, 1914d: 236, worker), gordonensis (Cr. excisa r. andrei var. gordonensis, Forel, 1914d: 236, worker) and thais (as Cr. excisa r. andrei var. thais, 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".

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 is of a specimen collected in South Africa, Western Cape, Swortberg Pass, 33°21'07"S 22°02'46"E, by 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)]. Other images can be seen in the folder at -