Cryptocerus flavomaculatus

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Cryptocerus flavomaculatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes umbraculatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus flavomaculatus
Mayr, 1862

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

Nomenclature

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

  • flavomaculatus. Cryptocerus flavomaculatus Mayr, 1862: 757 (q.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of umbraculatus: Emery, 1890b: 72.

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