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Cryptocerus marginatus
| Cryptocerus marginatus | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes atratus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | Cryptocerus marginatus Fabricius, 1804
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cephalotes atratus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- marginatus. Cryptocerus marginatus Fabricius, 1804: 419 (q.) GUYANA. De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 124 (m.).
- Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 124.
- Junior synonym of atratus: Klug, 1824: 200; Roger, 1862c: 291.
- Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of decemspinosus (and its junior synonym spissus): De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 124.
- Junior synonym of atratus: Oliveira et al., 2021: 19.
References
- 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. (page 124, male described, Combination in Cephalotes)
- Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp. (page 419, queen described)
- Klug, F. 1824. Entomologische Monographien. Berlin: Reimer, 242 pp. (page 200, Junior synonym of atratus)
- Oliveira, A.M., Powell, S., Feitosa, R.M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65, e20210028 (doi:10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2021-0028).
- Roger, J. 1862c. Synonymische Bemerkungen. 1. Ueber Formiciden. Berl. Entomol. Z. 6: 283-297 (page 291, Junior synonym of atratus)