Cephalotes minutus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Central America.

Nomenclature

 *  minutus. Cryptocerus minutus Fabricius, 1804: 420 (w.) CENTRAL AMERICA. Smith, F. 1862d: 409 (s.); Emery, 1890b: 74 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954b: 155 (l.). Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1915i: 192; in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 169; in Zacryptocerus: Kugler, C. 1978a: 474; in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 194. Senior synonym of quadrimaculatus, volxemi: Emery, 1890a: 68; Emery, 1890b: 74; of exiguus: Kempf, 1958a: 110; of cognatus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 195.
 * quadrimaculatus. Cryptocerus quadrimaculatus Klug, 1824: 215 (q.) BRAZIL. Smith, F. 1853: 219 (q.); Smith, F. 1860c: 74 (w.). Junior synonym of minutus: Emery, 1890a: 68; Emery, 1890b: 74.
 * cognatus. Cryptocerus cognatus Smith, F. 1862d: 411, pl. 13, fig. 4 (q.) BRAZIL. Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1924d: 307; in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 137; in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 385. Subspecies of minutus: Emery, 1924d: 307. Revived status as species: Kempf, 1958a: 136. Junior synonym of minutus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 195.
 * exiguus. Cryptocerus exiguus Smith, F. 1867: 524, pl. 26, fig. 4 (w.) MEXICO. Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1924d: 307; in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 232. Junior synonym of minutus: Kempf, 1958a: 110.
 * volxemi. Cryptocerus volxemi Emery, 1878a: ix (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of minutus: Emery, 1890a: 68; Emery, 1890b: 74.