Cephalotes pallens

Distribution
This taxon was described from Brazil. It is also found in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada.

Nomenclature

 *  pallens. Cryptocerus pallens Klug, 1824: 206 (w.) BRAZIL. Emery, 1894c: 212 (s.q.); Emery, 1896h: 635 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973b: 79 (l.). Combination in Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus): Emery, 1915i: 192; in Cryptocerus (Cyathomyrmex): Creighton, 1933: 100; in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 387; in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 493. Senior synonym of araneolus, discocephalus: Emery, 1894c: 212; Kempf, 1958a: 151.
 * araneolus. Cryptocerus araneolus Smith, F. 1853: 223, pl. 19, fig. 4 (w.) ANTILLES. Subspecies of discocephalus: Forel, 1893g: 382. Revived status as species: Forel, 1897b: 300. Subspecies of pallens: Forel, 1899c: 51. Junior synonym of pallens: Emery, 1894c: 212; Kempf, 1958a: 151.
 * discocephalus. Cryptocerus discocephalus Smith, F. 1853: 222, pl. 20, fig. 2 (w.) BRAZIL. Smith, F. 1858b: 191 (s.m.); Smith, F. 1876d: 608 (q.). Combination in Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus): Emery, 1924d: 311. Subspecies of pallens: Forel, 1911e: 257. Junior synonym of pallens: Emery, 1894c: 212; Kempf, 1958a: 151.
 * marginata. Cryptocerus varians subsp. marginata Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 39, fig. 17 (s.w.q.) HAITI. [Junior primary homonym of Cryptocerus marginatus Fabricius, 1804: 419 (above).] Junior synonym of pallens: Kempf, 1958a: 151. Replacement name: decoloratus De Andrade, in De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 508.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Wheeler_&_Holldobler_1985.pdf|Wheeler, D. E.; Hölldobler, B. 1986 ("1985"). Cryptic phragmosis: the structural modifications. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:337-353. [1986-04-27] PDF]]