Cryptocerus angulosus

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Cryptocerus angulosus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes scutulatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus angulosus
Smith, F., 1867

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cephalotes scutulatus.

Nomenclature

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

  • angulosus. Cryptocerus angulosus Smith, F. 1867: 525, pl. 26, fig. 7 (w.) MEXICO. Wheeler, W.M. 1907a: 273 (s.m.). Senior synonym of jucundus: Emery, 1890b: 76. Junior synonym of scutulatus: Emery, 1924d: 311; Kempf, 1958d: 110.

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