Crematogaster (Crematogaster) marnoi Mayr new status

Type location Sudan (Cremastogaster Sewellei var Marnoi nov. var., Mayr, 1895: 138, worker) .

Mayr's (1895) description is at .

Quite why a form with distinct short propodeal spines should have been regarded as a subspecies of Crematogaster sewelli is odd and I regard marnoi (like Crematogaster acis) as a distinct mainland Africa species.

Wheeler (1922) had marnoi from Congo, Gomba by A. Weiss. This was the Santschi (1910c: 376) report, where he noted the specimen, as "C. sewelli For. st. marnoi Em.", had longer propodeal spines than the type, otherwise similar to the description of Mayr.

The photomontage of the marnoi type specimen from Sudan is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102294

The photomontage is of specimens from Mashar, South Sudan, 4 workers and 1 dealate queen collected by Awatif Omer, 2006. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage is the dealate queen collected by Awatif Omer, 2006.