Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) wilwerthi Santschi

Type location Zaïre (Santschi, 1910c: 372, illustrated, worker) collected at Luki, by Wilwerth; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Note - with a fresh specimen from the Central African Republic, I have raised the black subspecies fauconneti from Zaïre (Forel, 1910e: 434, worker) collected at Nyangwe to Stanleyville, by Fauconnet, to full species status Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) fauconneti, with a junior synonym confusa (Santschi, 1911g: 208, worker) from Congo collected at Gomba, by A. Weiss.

Santschi's (1910c) description is at .

The photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park, 24.vii.2006; under or on bark of Okoumé; collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folders at - and .

A specimen from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha National Park; Camp 2 ED; 02°49’07.9" N 16°09’28.3" E 377m ; 30.i.2005, U.V : 18h30-3h00, en bordure du fleuve Sangha; collector Philippe Annoyer, with a less obviously striated head is shown at .

All are somewhat larger than given by Santschi (1910c) but having the reduced sculpturation on the dorsum of the alitrunk and otherwise fine sculpturation.