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Zacryptocerus
| Zacryptocerus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Zacryptocerus Wheeler, W.M., 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Cryptocerus clypeatus, now Cephalotes clypeatus
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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.
- ZACRYPTOCERUS [junior synonym of Cephalotes]
- Zacryptocerus Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 175 (see also footnote). Type-species: Cryptocerus clypeatus, by original designation.
- [Zacryptocerus Ashmead, 1905b: 384. Nomen nudum. (Based on a non-existent type-species: Cryptocerus multistrigus. Nomen nudum, attributed to Smith, F.).]
- Zacryptocerus senior synonym of Hypocryptocerus, Paracryptocerus (and its junior synonyms Cyathomyrmex, Cyathocephalus (homonym), Harnedia): Kempf, 1973c: 460.
- Zacryptocerus junior synonym of Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 59.
References
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 384, Zacryptocerus, nomen nudum. (Based on a non-existent type-species. Cryptocerus multistrigus, nomen nudum, attributed to Smith, F.))
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 195, Zacryptocerus as 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, Zacryptocerus 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, Zacryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini (anachronism))
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 304, Zacryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 246, Zacryptocerus 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 133, Zacryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cephalotini)
- 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, Zacryptocerus senior synonym of Hypocryptocerus and Paracryptocerus (and its junior synonyms Cyathomyrmex, Cyathocephalus (homonym) and Harnedia).)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1911g. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 21: 157-175 (page 175, Zacryptocerus as genus)
- 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, Zacryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini)