Cephalotes christopherseni

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Cephalotes christopherseni (Forel, 1912) valid

Cryptocerus laminatus r. christopherseni Forel, 1912f: 204 (s.w.) COLOMBIA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1951: 166). Primary type locality: lectotype Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Santa Marta (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype soldier, 18 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: 8 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype, 8 paralectotype workers Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Dibulla (A. Forel), 1 paralectotype soldier, 2 paralectotype workers Panama: (no further data) (Christophersen). Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP, NHMB. Type notes: Other original syntype localities: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Ouriheka (A. Forel), Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Bonda (A. Forel), Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Naranjo (A. Forel).

Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1951: 166.
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986f: 494 (l.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 215 (q.m.)
Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1924f: 307.
Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 166.
Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 385.
Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 211.
Subspecies of Cephalotes laminatus: Emery, 1924f: 307; Kempf, 1951: 166.
Status as species: Kempf, 1959a: 96; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 211 (redescription); Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 910.

Obsolete combinations

Cryptocerus laminatus christopherseni

Citations

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De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Forel, A. 1912f. Formicides néotropiques. Part II. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (Attini, Dacetii, Cryptocerini). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 19:179-209. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 22:1-244. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1959a. Sôbre algumas formigas Cephalotini do Museu de Oxford (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 19:91-98. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Sandoval-Gómez, V. E.; Sánchez-Restrepo, A. F. 2019. Género Cephalotes. Capítulo 29. Pp. 899-915 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
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