Cryptocerus denticulatus variegata

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Cryptocerus denticulatus variegata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes conspersus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus denticulatus variegata
Forel, 1911

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cephalotes conspersus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • variegata. Cryptocerus denticulatus var. variegata Forel, 1911e: 262 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of targionii: Kempf, 1958a: 94; of conspersus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 697.

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