Taxonomic history
Emery, 1912c: 2 (q.m.); Santschi, 1930b PDF: 69 (q.m.).Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c PDF: 146.Subspecies of Crematogaster tricolor: Santschi, 1913a PDF: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b PDF: 86.Subspecies of Crematogaster castanea: Wheeler, 1922: 152; Santschi, 1930b PDF: 69.Many workers from Garamba (Lang and Chapin), without further data. Both this and the variety analis were originally described from the Belgian Congo. The varietv flaviventris has also been taken in Uganda (C. Alluaud).
