Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus

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Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus
Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pseudoaztecus. †Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995: 163, fig. 7 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). Junior synonym of †squamosus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 300.

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