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Hypocryptocerus
| Hypocryptocerus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Hypocryptocerus Wheeler, W.M., 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Formica haemorrhoidalis, now Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis | |
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.
- HYPOCRYPTOCERUS [junior synonym of Cephalotes]
- Hypocryptocerus Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53 [as subgenus of Cryptocerus]. Type-species: Formica haemorrhoidalis, by original designation.
- Hypocryptocerus raised to genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1936b: 200.
- Hypocryptocerus junior synonym of Zacryptocerus: Kempf, 1973c: 460.
- Hypocryptocerus junior synonym of Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 59.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 195, Hypocryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- De Andrade, M. L. 1999b. [Untitled. Series of 33 new species, attributed to de Andrade only.] In: De Andrade, M. L., Baroni Urbani, C. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B (Geol. Paläonto (page 59, Hypocryptocerus junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 652, Hypocryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini)
- Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 22: 1-244 (page 143, Hypocryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cephalotini; Hypocryptocerus as genus)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 120, Hypocryptocerus 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, Hypocryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1402, Hypocryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1920. The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Camb.) 27: 46-55 (page 53, Hypocryptocerus as subgenus of Cryptocerus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 665, Hypocryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini; Hypocryptocerus as subgenus of Cryptocerus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1936c. Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80: 195-211 (page 200, Hypocryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini; Hypocryptocerus as genus)