Checklist of Cephalotes species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Cephalotes. Synonyms are listed under their senior names.

A
adolphi (Emery, 1906) (Brazil)

alfaroi (Emery, 1890) (Costa Rica)

angustus (Mayr, 1862) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus angustus clarior Forel, 1912

• Cryptocerus cristatus ruficeps Santschi, 1929

argentatus (Smith, F., 1853) (Colombia)

argentiventris De Andrade, 1999 (Dominican Republic)

atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) ("America meridionali")

• Cephalotes atratus crassispina Santschi, 1920

• Cephalotes atratus erectus Kempf, 1951

• Cephalotes atratus nitidiventris Santschi, 1920

• Cryptocerus atratus rufiventris Emery, 1894

• Cryptocerus dubitatus Smith, F., 1853

• Formica quadridens De Geer, 1773

auricomus (Wheeler, W.M., 1936) (Dominican Republic)

auriger De Andrade, 1999 (Mexico)

B
basalis (Smith, F., 1876) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus cordatus multispinus Emery, 1890

betoi De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 (Brazil)

biguttatus (Emery, 1890) (Costa Rica)

bimaculatus (Smith, F., 1860) (Mexico)

• Cryptocerus aztecus Forel, 1901

bivestitus (Santschi, 1922) (Argentina)

• Cryptocerus guttatus trivialis Santschi, 1929

bohlsi (Emery, 1896) (Paraguay)

• Cryptocerus bohlsi medusa Santschi, 1919

borgmeieri (Kempf, 1951) (Argentina)

bruchi (Forel, 1912) (Argentina)

• Cryptocerus iheringi pampaensis Santschi, 1931

• Cryptocerus ridiculus Santschi, 1915

C
chacmul Snelling, R.R., 1999 (Mexico)

christopherseni (Forel, 1912) (Colombia)

clypeatus (Fabricius, 1804) (Central America)

coffeae (Kempf, 1953) (Colombia)

columbicus (Forel, 1912) (Colombia)

complanatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (French Guiana)

• Cryptocerus angulatus Smith, F., 1858

• Cryptocerus multispinus amazonensis Forel, 1911

conspersus (Smith, F., 1867) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus denticulatus variegata Forel, 1911

cordatus (Smith, F., 1853) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus cordatus boliviensis Santschi, 1921

cordiae (Stitz, 1913) (Brazil)

cordiventris (Santschi, 1931) (Panama)

crenaticeps (Mayr, 1866) (Colombia)

cristatus (Emery, 1890) (Costa Rica)

curvistriatus (Forel, 1899) (Costa Rica)

D
decolor De Andrade, 1999 (Venezuela)

decoloratus De Andrade, 1999

dentidorsum De Andrade, 1999 (Peru)

depressus (Klug, 1824) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus depressus sorocabensis Forel, 1912

dorbignyanus (Smith, F., 1853) (South America)

duckei (Forel, 1906) (Brazil)

E
ecuadorialis De Andrade, 1999 (Ecuador)

eduarduli (Forel, 1921) (Paraguay)

emeryi (Forel, 1912) (Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao Island))

F
femoralis (Smith, F., 1853) (Colombia)

• Cryptocerus silvae Forel, 1906

fiebrigi (Forel, 1906) (Paraguay)

• Cryptocerus guttifer Santschi, 1919

flavigaster De Andrade, 1999 (Dominican Republic)

foliaceus (Emery, 1906) (Peru)

fossithorax (Santschi, 1921) (Argentina)

frigidus (Kempf, 1960) (Brazil)

G
goeldii (Forel, 1912) (Brazil)

goniodontus De Andrade, 1999 (Mexico)

grandinosus (Smith, F., 1860) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus grandinosus nevadensis Forel, 1912

guayaki De Andrade, 1999 (Paraguay)

H
haemorrhoidalis (Latreille, 1802) (Haiti)

hamulus (Roger, 1863) (Dominican Republic)

• Cryptocerus hamulus haytianus Forel, 1901

• Hypocryptocerus haemorrhoidalis affinis Wheeler, W.M., 1936

hirsutus De Andrade, 1999 (Mexico)

I
inaequalis (Mann, 1916) (Brazil)

inca (Santschi, 1911) (Peru)

incertus (Emery, 1906) (Argentina)

insularis (Wheeler, W.M., 1934) (Mexico)

J
jamaicensis (Forel, 1922) (Jamaica)

jheringi (Emery, 1894) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus peltatus ellenriederi Forel, 1911

• Cryptocerus peltatus Emery, 1896

K
klugi (Emery, 1894) (Brazil)

kukulcan Snelling, R.R., 1999 (Belize)

L
laminatus (Smith, F., 1860) (Brazil)

lanuginosus (Santschi, 1919) (Argentina)

• Cryptocerus lobigaster Santschi, 1919

lenca De Andrade, 1999 (Honduras)

liepini De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 (Brazil)

liogaster (Santschi, 1916) (Argentina)

• Cryptocerus lobigaster fides Santschi, 1925

M
maculatus (Smith, F., 1876) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus grandinosus magdalenensis Forel, 1899

• Cryptocerus maculatus nanus Forel, 1912

manni (Kempf, 1951) (Brazil)

marginatus (Fabricius, 1804) (Guyana)

• Cephalotes decemspinosus Santschi, 1920

• Cephalotes decemspinosus spissus Santschi, 1929

membranaceus (Klug, 1824) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus fervidus Smith, F., 1876

minutus (Fabricius, 1804) (Central America)

• Cryptocerus cognatus Smith, F., 1862

• Cryptocerus exiguus Smith, F., 1867

• Cryptocerus quadrimaculatus Klug, 1824

• Cryptocerus volxemi Emery, 1878

mompox De Andrade, 1999 (Colombia)

multispinosus (Norton, 1868) (Mexico)

• Cryptocerus gibbosus Smith, F., 1876

N
nilpiei De Andrade, 1999 (Brazil)

notatus (Mayr, 1866) (Brazil)

• Paracryptocerus fleddermanni Kempf, 1958

O
oculatus (Spinola, 1851) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus aethiops Smith, F., 1853

opacus Santschi, 1920 (Guyana)

• Cephalotes abdominalis Santschi, 1929

P
pallens (Klug, 1824) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus araneolus Smith, F., 1853

• Cryptocerus discocephalus Smith, F., 1853

• Cryptocerus varians marginata Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

pallidicephalus (Smith, F., 1876) (Mexico)

• Cryptocerus striativentris Emery, 1894

pallidoides De Andrade, 1999 (Brazil)

pallidus De Andrade, 1999 (Guyana)

palta De Andrade, 1999 (Colombia)

palustris De Andrade, 1999 (Guyana)

patei (Kempf, 1951) (Colombia)

patellaris (Mayr, 1866) (Brazil)

pavonii (Latreille, 1809) (South America)

pellans De Andrade, 1999 (Paraguay)

persimilis De Andrade, 1999 (Brazil)

persimplex De Andrade, 1999 (Bolivia)

peruviensis De Andrade, 1999 (Peru)

pileini De Andrade, 1999 (Argentina)

pilosus (Emery, 1896) (Paraguay)

pinelii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Brazil)

placidus (Smith, F., 1860) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus fenestralis Smith, F., 1876

porrasi (Wheeler, W.M., 1942) (Panama)

prodigiosus (Santschi, 1921) (Argentina)

pusillus (Klug, 1824) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus elongatus Klug, 1824

• Cryptocerus obtusus Smith, F., 1858

• Cryptocerus pusillus brevispinosa Santschi, 1921

• Formica caustica Kollar, 1832

Q
quadratus (Mayr, 1868) (Argentina)

• Cryptocerus convexus Santschi, 1916

R
ramiphilus (Forel, 1904) (Brazil)

resinae De Andrade, 1999 (Dominican Republic (in Copal))

rohweri (Wheeler, W.M., 1916) (United States)

S
scutulatus (Smith, F., 1867) (Mexico)

• Cryptocerus angulosus Smith, F., 1867

• Cryptocerus jucundus Smith, F., 1876

serraticeps (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil)

setulifer (Emery, 1894) (Costa Rica)

• Cryptocerus setulifer orbis Forel, 1906

simillimus (Kempf, 1951) (Guyana)

sobrius (Kempf, 1958) (Guatemala)

solidus (Kempf, 1974) (Brazil)

spinosus (Mayr, 1862) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus laminatus peruvianus Forel, 1911

• Cryptocerus punctatus Mayr, 1862

supercilii De Andrade, 1999 (Argentina)

T
taino De Andrade, 1999 (Dominican Republic (in Copal))

targionii (Emery, 1894) (Brazil)

• Cryptocerus denticulatus Emery, 1894

texanus (Santschi, 1915) (United States)

toltecus De Andrade, 1999 (Mexico)

trichophorus De Andrade, 1999 (Peru)

U
umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804) (Central America)

• Cryptocerus elegans Smith, F., 1853

• Cryptocerus flavomaculatus Mayr, 1862

• Cryptocerus quadriguttatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844

unimaculatus (Smith, F., 1853) (Brazil, but this is in error)

• Cryptocerus hamulus steinheili Forel, 1908

• Hypocryptocerus haemorrhoidalis signatus Wheeler, W.M., 1936

ustus (Kempf, 1973) (Brazil)

V
varians (Smith, F., 1876) (Cuba)

vinosus (Wheeler, W.M., 1936) (Haiti)

W
wheeleri (Forel, 1901) (Mexico)