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Exocryptocerus
| †Exocryptocerus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | †Exocryptocerus Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Exocryptocerus serratus, Cephalotes serratus
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cephalotes.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †EXOCRYPTOCERUS [junior synonym of Cephalotes]
- †Exocryptocerus Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995: 159. Type-species: †Exocryptocerus serratus, by original designation.
- †Exocryptocerus junior synonym of Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 59.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 195, Exocryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B (Geol. Paläontol.) 271: 1-889 (page 59, Exocryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes)
- Vierbergen, G.; Scheven, J. 1995. Nine new species and a new genus of Dominican amber ants of the tribe (Cephalotini Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [sic]. Creat. Res. Soc. Q. 32: 158-170 (page 159, Exocryptocerus as genus)