Crematogaster (Atopogyne) mottazi Santschi

Type location Ivory Coast (Santschi, 1928d: 67, worker & queen) collected at Grand Bassam, by H. Mottaz. Mentioned as being in the Crematogaster depressa group by Donisthorpe (1945b); worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1928d) description is at , 11 workers and 2 queens.

Crematogaster (Atopogyne) species A - Nigeria specimens. Apparently monomorphic TL 3.42 mm, HL 0.82, HW 0.81, SL 0.62, PW 0.44. Colour dark brown, shiny. Sculpturation of very fine striae, hardly noticeable on the alitrunk. Alitrunk profile rounded, mesonotal carina low, mesonotal groove hardly impressed. Propodeal spines very short or reduced to tubercles.

In Nigeria it nests in dead wood, branch ends and similar on trees, but uses little or no carton, rare on cocoa.

This appears very close to the description of Crematogaster mottazi or kasaiensis.

The photomontage is of a specimen from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; Camp 6; 02°55’04.8" N 16°10’09.7" E 450m environ; 23.02.2005, U.V : 21h-6h30, à 38m du sol dans un Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon, Sterculariaceae); collector Philippe Annoyer.

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