Cryptocerus maculatus nanus

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Cryptocerus maculatus nanus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes maculatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus maculatus nanus
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nanus. Cryptocerus maculatus r. nanus Forel, 1912e: 202 (w.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of maculatus: Kempf, 1952: 19.

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