Cephalotes wheeleri

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Cephalotes wheeleri (Forel, 1901) valid

Cryptocerus wheeleri Forel, 1901d: 126 (s.w.) MEXICO (Morelos). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype soldier (by designation of Kempf, 1958a: 133). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Morelos, Cuernavaca, xii.1900 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0085057 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype soldiers, 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, MSNG, MZSP, USNM. Secondary type specimen: MZSP0085058. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite lectotype soldier, 1 paralectotype worker in MZSP.

Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1958a: 133.
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 578 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b: 157 (l.)
Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 132.
Combination in Zacryptocerus: Hespenheide, 1986: 395.
Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 574.
Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 310; Wheeler, 1942: 208; Kempf, 1958a: 132 (redescription); Snelling, 1968a: 9 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 181; Brandão, 1991: 389; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 574 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Cryptocerus wheeleri

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. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Forel, A. 1901d. I. Fourmis mexicaines récoltées par M. le professeur W.-M. Wheeler. II. A propos de la classification des fourmis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:123-141. PDF
Hespenheide, H. A. 1986. Mimicry of ants of the genus Zacryptocerus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94:394-408.
Kempf, W. W. 1958a. New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1968a. Taxonomic notes on some Mexican cephalotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 132:1-10. 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, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1954b. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribes Cataulacini and Cephalotini. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 44:149-157. 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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