Cephalotes decemspinosus
Cephalotes decemspinosus | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes atratus) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Cephalotes |
Species: | Cephalotes decemspinosus Santschi, 1920 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cephalotes atratus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- decemspinosus. Cephalotes decemspinosus Santschi, 1920f: 148 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA.
- Senior synonym of spissus: Kempf, 1951: 125.
- Junior synonym of marginatus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 124.
- Junior synonym of atratus: Oliveira et al., 2021: 19 (implied, as marginatus junior synonym of atratus).
References
- 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 124, Junior synonym of marginatus)
- Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 22: 1-244 (page 125, Senior synonym of spissus)
- Oliveira, A.M., Powell, S., Feitosa, R.M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65, e20210028 (doi:10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2021-0028).
- Santschi, F. 1920f. Nouvelles fourmis du genre Cephalotes Latr. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1920: 147-149 (page 148, worker described)