Exocryptocerus truncatus

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Exocryptocerus truncatus
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: Exocryptocerus truncatus
Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995

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

Nomenclature

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

  • truncatus. †Exocryptocerus truncatus Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995: 161, fig. 3 (w.) DOMINIAN AMBER. Junior synonym of †serratus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 522.

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