Cephalotes rohweri

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Cephalotes rohweri (Wheeler, 1916) valid

Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus) rohweri Wheeler, 1916i: 32, fig. 2 (s.w.) U.S.A. (Arizona). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype soldier (by designation of Kempf, 1958a: 129). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Arizona, Santa Catalina Mts, Buehman Canyon (nr Redington), 3300 ft (M. Chrisman) (received from Rohwer). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype soldiers, paralectotype workers (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP, USNM. Type notes: 1) Original description cites 2 soldier, 2 worker syntypes in MCZC. 2) Wheeler, 1916i adds that other syntypes with the same data were present in USNM, later cited as 5 soldiers, 7 workers by Smith, 1947a: 36.

Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1958a: 129.
Smith, 1947a: 35 (q.)
Combination in Cryptocerus (Cryptocerus): Smith, 1947a: 34.
Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Smith, 1951c: 825; Kempf, 1958a: 129.
Combination in Zacryptocerus: Smith, 1979: 1403.
Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 568.
Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 310; Wheeler, 1942: 208; Smith, 1947a: 34 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 297; Smith, 1951c: 825; Kempf, 1958a: 129 (redescription); Creighton & Nutting, 1965: 59; Smith, 1967a: 360; Snelling, 1968a: 9 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Smith, 1979: 1403; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 568 (redescription); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 79.

Obsolete combinations

Cryptocerus rohweri

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Creighton, W. S.; Nutting, W. L. 1965. The habits and distribution of Cryptocerus rohweri Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 72:59-64. PDF
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
Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1958a. New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1947a. Ants of the genus Cryptocerus F., in the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49:29-40. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1968a. Taxonomic notes on some Mexican cephalotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 132:1-10. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1916i. Two new ants from Texas and Arizona. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 6:29-35. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF

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