Cephalotes placidus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  placidus. Cryptocerus placidus Smith, F. 1860c: 76 (m.) BRAZIL. Snelling, R.R. 1966: 38 (w.q.). Combination in Cephalotes: Emery, 1924d: 304; in Eucryptocerus: Kempf, 1959a: 92; in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 156. Senior synonym of fenestralis: Kempf, 1963c: 437.
 * fenestralis. Cryptocerus fenestralis Smith, F. 1876d: 607 (q.) BRAZIL. Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 232. Junior synonym of placidus: Kempf, 1963c: 437.

Type Material


Cryptocerus placidus

Holotype male in. Labelled “S. Paulo Brazil.”