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Eucryptocerus
| Eucryptocerus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Eucryptocerus Kempf, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Cryptocerus oculatus, now Cephalotes oculatus
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cephalotes.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- EUCRYPTOCERUS [junior synonym of Cephalotes]
- Eucryptocerus Kempf, 1951: 127. Type-species: Cryptocerus oculatus, by original designation.
- Eucryptocerus junior synonym of Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 59.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 105, Eucryptocerus as genus)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 195, Eucryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 180, Eucryptocerus provisional junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B (Geol. Paläontol.) 271: 1-889 (page 59, Eucryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp. (page 79, Eucryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini (anachronism))
- Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 22: 1-244 (page 127, Eucryptocerus in Myrmicine, Cephalotini)
- Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 22: 1-244 (page 128, Key to species)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 107, Eucryptocerus as genus)
- Kempf, W. W. 1973c. A new Zacryptocerus from Brazil, with remarks on the generic classification of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 449-462 (page 460, Eucryptocerus valid genus)