Cryptocerus varians marginata
Cryptocerus varians marginata | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cephalotes decoloratus) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Cephalotes |
Species: | Cryptocerus varians marginata Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cephalotes decoloratus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- marginata. Cryptocerus varians subsp. marginata Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 39, fig. 17 (s.w.q.) HAITI. [Junior primary homonym of Cryptocerus marginatus Fabricius, 1804: 419 (above).] Junior synonym of pallens: Kempf, 1958a: 151. Replacement name: decoloratus De Andrade, in De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 508.
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 508, Replacement name, with new combination, revival from synonymy and elevation to species, for Cryptocerus varians subsp. marginata)
- Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: 1-61 (page 39, [Junior primary homonym of Cryptocerus marginatus Fabricius, 1804: 419.])