Cryptocerus convexus

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Cryptocerus convexus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes quadratus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Cryptocerus convexus
Santschi, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

  • convexus. Cryptocerus convexus Santschi, 1916e: 382, fig. (w.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of quadratus: Kempf, 1958a: 33.

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