Calyptomyrmex piripilis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Castes
Ergatoid queens described by Bolton (1981, p. 65)

Nomenclature

 * . Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923e: 282 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Bolton, 1981a: 65 (q.).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1981a: 65 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 83; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 208.
 * Senior synonym of cataractae: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
 * Senior synonym of litoralis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
 * Senior synonym of punctatus: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
 * cataractae. Calyptomyrmex cataractae Arnold, 1926: 283 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 35 (l.).
 * Status as species: Arnold, 1948: 221.
 * Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
 * litoralis. Calyptomyrmex cataractae subsp. litoralis Arnold, 1948: 221 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
 * punctatus. Calyptomyrmex (Calyptomyrmex) punctatus Weber, 1952a: 24, figs. 19, 21, 23 (w.) KENYA.
 * Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1948. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 8. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2: 213-250.
 * Bolton B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
 * Hita Garcia, F., G. Fischer, M.K. Peters, R.R. Snelling and H.W. Wagele. 2009. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Journal of East African Natural HIstory 98(2): 147-165.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.
 * Weber N. A. 1952. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548: 1-32.