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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Attini
›
Cephalotes
›
Cephalotes texanus
Cephalotes
texanus
(Santschi, 1915)
valid
Cryptocerus texanus
Santschi, 1915b
: 208, fig. 2 (s.w.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype soldiers, syntype workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Texas (no further data) (
J. Bondroit
). Primary type depository:
NHMB
.
Type notes:
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 591, cite 2 soldier, 1 worker syntypes (
NHMB
).
Smith, 1947a
: 38 (q.m.);
Creighton & Gregg, 1954
: 51 (q.)
Combination in
Cryptocerus (Cryptocerus)
:
Smith, 1947a
: 37.
Combination in
Paracryptocerus (Harnedia)
:
Smith, 1951c
: 825;
Kempf, 1958a
: 123.
Combination in
Zacryptocerus
:
Smith, 1979
: 1403.
Combination in
Cephalotes
:
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 591.
Status as species:
Emery, 1924f
: 310;
Smith, 1947a
: 37 (redescription);
Creighton, 1950a
: 297;
Smith, 1951c
: 825;
Creighton & Gregg, 1954
: 51;
Kempf, 1958a
: 123;
Smith, 1958c
: 135;
Smith, 1967a
: 360;
Smith, 1979
: 1403;
Bolton, 1995b
: 427;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 591 (redescription).
Obsolete combinations
Cryptocerus texanus
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.
;
Gregg, R. E.
1954.
Studies on the habits and distribution of
Cryptocerus texanus
Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Psyche (Cambridge) 61:41-57.
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
Kempf, W. W.
1958a.
New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae).
Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
Santschi, F.
1915b.
Deux
Cryptocerus
nouveaux (Hym. Formicidae).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1915:207-209.
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.
1958c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 108-162 in:
Krombein, K. V.
(ed.) 1958.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305.
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.
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