Cryptocerus aztecus

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Cryptocerus aztecus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes bimaculatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus aztecus
Forel, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aztecus. Cryptocerus aztecus Forel, 1901c: 125 (s.w.) MEXICO. Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 109; in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 384. Junior synonym of bimaculatus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 563.

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