Cephalotes decemspinosus

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Cephalotes decemspinosus
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).

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