Cephalotes argentatus

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia.

Nomenclature

 * . Cryptocerus argentatus Smith, F. 1853: 218, pl. 19, fig. 7 (q.) COLOMBIA.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Colombia: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: unknown (holotype lost).
 * [Note: holotype not in BMNH or OXUM, according to De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735.]
 * Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 232;
 * combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 384;
 * combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 189; Smith, F. 1862d: 409; Mayr, 1863: 405; Roger, 1863b: 39; Dalla Torre, 1893: 141; Forel, 1895b: 133; Forel, 1899c: 49; Emery, 1924d: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c: 117; Kempf, 1951: 232; Kempf, 1972a: 175; Brandão, 1991: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 424.
 * Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
 * Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).