Cephalotes auricomus

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Cephalotes auricomus (Wheeler, 1936) valid

Hypocryptocerus haemorrhoidalis subsp. auricomus Wheeler, 1936c: 202 (w.) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Dominican Republic: Sanchez, 1915 (F.E. Watson). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP. Primary type specimens: MZSP0084904 (MCZ22624), MZSP0084905 (MCZ22624). Type notes: 1) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 89, cite 13 worker syntypes (12 in MCZC, 1 in MZSP). 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 2 syntype workers in MZSP with collection dates 16.v.1915 and 29.vi.1915.

De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 91 (q.m.)
Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 384.
Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 328.
Subspecies of Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis: Kempf, 1951: 148; Kempf, 1972b: 120; Brandão, 1991: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 424.
Status as species: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 89 (redescription); Lubertazzi, 2019: 99.

Obsolete combinations

Hypocryptocerus haemorrhoidalis auricomus

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1998b. The number of castes in ants, where major is smaller than minor and queens wear the shield of the soldiers. Insectes Sociaux 45:315-333.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. 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
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. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210. 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1936c. Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80:195-211. PDF

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