Cephalotini

The tribe Cephalotini belongs to the subfamily Myrmicinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Cephalotini genera, for species see Cephalotini species.

Synopsis
Tribe CEPHALOTINI Cephalotini Smith, M.R. 1949c: 19. Type-genus: Cephalotes. Taxonomic history Cephalotini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Smith, M.R. 1949c: 19; Kempf, 1951: 11; Kempf, 1952: 1; Kempf, 1958a: 1; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonym of CEPHALOTINI

Cryptoceridae Smith, F. 1853: 214. Type-genus: Cryptocerus (junior synonym of Cephalotes). Taxonomic history Cryptoceridae as group of Myrmicidae: Smith, F. 1853: 214. Cryptoceridae as subfamily of Poneridae: Smith, F. 1858b: 187. Cryptoceridae as family: Smith, F. 1860a: 75; Smith, F. 1862a: 49; Smith, F. 1871a: 334; Ashmead, 1905b: 383. Cryptoceridae as subfamily of Formicidae: Smith, F. 1857a: 79; Smith, F. 1862b: 35; Smith, F. 1862d: 408; Smith, F. 1867: 523. Cryptoceridae as group of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1877a: 72. Cryptoceridae as junior synonym of Myrmicinae: Emery & Forel, 1879a: 456. Cryptoceridae as tribe or subfamily of Myrmicidae: Forel, 1891b: 143 [Cryptocerini]; Emery, 1894g: 383 [Cryptocerinae]. Cryptoceridae as tribe of Myrmicinae: Forel, 1892d: 344 [Cryptocerini]; Forel, 1893a: 164 [Cryptocerii]; Forel, 1895b: 132 [Cryptocerii]; Emery, 1895j: 763 [Cryptocerii]; Forel, 1899c: 43 [Cryptocerii]; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 141 [Cryptocerii]; Forel, 1892d: 344 [Cryptocerini]; Emery, 1914a: 39 [Cryptocerini]; Emery, 1915i: 192 [Cryptocerini]; Wheeler, W.M. 1915e: 491 [Cryptoceriini (in text)]; Forel, 1917: 246 [Cryptocerini]; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 657 [Cryptocerini]; Emery, 1924d: 299 [Cryptocerini]; all subsequent authors to the following; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 59 [Cryptocerini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 [Cryptocerini (anachronism)]. Cryptoceridae as junior synonym of Cephalotini: Smith, M.R. 1949c: 18; Kempf, 1951: 11; all subsequent authors except for the above anachronisms. [Cephalotini retains priority over Cryptoceridae under Article 40.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th Edition), 1999: 46.] Genera of Cephalotini: Cephalotes, Procryptocerus.

Tribe Cephalotini references Emery, 1895j: 771 (diagnosis); Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 141 (diagnosis); Emery, 1914a: 39, 42 (diagnosis (in key), synoptic classification); Forel, 1917: 246 (synoptic classification); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 665 (genera key); Emery, 1924d: 299 (diagnosis, genera key, catalogue); Kempf, 1951: 11 (revision of tribe, genera key); Kempf, 1958a: 4 (Argentina fauna); Kempf, 1973c: 461 (genera); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 59 (larvae, review & synthesis); Kugler, C. 1978a: 473 (sting structure); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16 (synoptic classification); Brandão, 1991: 391 (Neotropical fauna, synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1040 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 10 (catalogue); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 1 (diagnosis, review of tribe, revision of genera); Bolton, 2003: 56, 194 (diagnosis, synopsis).