Cryptocerus lobigaster fides

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Cryptocerus lobigaster fides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes liogaster)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus lobigaster fides
Santschi, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fides. Cryptocerus lobigaster var. fides Santschi, 1925e: 162 (s.w.q.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of liogaster: Kempf, 1958a: 25.

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