Cryptocerus multispinus amazonensis

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • amazonensis. Cryptocerus multispinus var. amazonensis Forel, 1911e: 261 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1924d: 307. Junior synonym of complanatus: Kempf, 1951: 193.

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