Cryptocerus volxemi

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Cryptocerus volxemi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes minutus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus volxemi
Emery, 1878

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

Nomenclature

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

  • volxemi. Cryptocerus volxemi Emery, 1878a: ix (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of minutus: Emery, 1890a: 68; Emery, 1890b: 74.

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