Cephalotes argentatus

Cephalotes argentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. argentatus
Binomial name
Cephalotes argentatus (Smith, F., 1853)

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• argentatus. Cryptocerus argentatus Smith, F. 1853: 218, pl. 19, fig. 7 (q.) COLOMBIA.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Colombia: (no further data).
  • Type-depository: unknown (holotype lost).
  • [Note: holotype not in BMNH or OXUM, according to De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735.]
  • Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 232;
  • combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 384;
  • combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 189; Smith, F. 1862d: 409; Mayr, 1863: 405; Roger, 1863b: 39; Dalla Torre, 1893: 141; Forel, 1895b: 133; Forel, 1899c: 49; Emery, 1924d: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c: 117; Kempf, 1951: 232; Kempf, 1972a: 175; Brandão, 1991: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 424.
  • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735.

Type Material

• Holotype or syntype, queen, Colombia; material lost, not in The Natural History Museum or Oxford University Museum of Natural History, see De Andrade & Baroni Urbani (1999).

References

• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412 (page 384, Combination in Zacryptocerus)
• de Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Series B (Geolgie and Palaontologie). 271:1-889 (Geol. Paläonto (page 735, unidentifiable species, incertae sedis)
• Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 22: 1-244 (page 232, Combination in Paracryptocerus)
• Smith, F. 1853 [1854]. Monograph of the genus Cryptocerus, belonging to the group Cryptoceridae - family Myrmicidae - division Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (2) 2: 213-228 (page 218, pl. 19, fig. 7 queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
• Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).