Cryptocerus marginatus

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Cryptocerus marginatus
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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Specimen Labels

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.

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