Cephalotes pilosus

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Cephalotes pilosus (Emery, 1896) valid

Cryptocerus pilosus Emery, 1896h: 630, fig. B (s.w.) PARAGUAY. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1958a: 20). Primary type locality: lectotype Paraguay: San Salvator del Paraguay (J. Bohls). 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: MHNG, MSNG. Type notes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 643, cite 5 soldier, 7 worker paralectotypes (1s, 2w in MHNG, 4s, 5w in MSNG).

Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1958a: 20.
Santschi, 1921h: 127 (q.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 648 (m.)
Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 20.
Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 387.
Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 643.
Status as species: Mann, 1916: 451; Santschi, 1921h: 127; Emery, 1924f: 310; Wheeler, 1942: 208; Kempf, 1958a: 20 (redescription); Kempf, 1963c: 438; Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 643 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 32; Oliveira et al., 2021: 27 (in list).

Obsolete combinations

Cryptocerus pilosus

Citations

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
Emery, C. 1896h. Formiciden, gesammelt in Paraguay von Dr. J. Bohls. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 9:625-638. 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.
Kempf, W. W. 1963c. Nota sinonímica acêrca de formigas da tribo Cephalotini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 23:435-438. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:399-490. PDF
Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF
Santschi, F. 1921h. Quelques nouveaux Cryptocerus de l'Argentine et pays voisins. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 92:124-128. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF

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