Cryptocerus obtusus
Smith, 1858
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes obtusus (Smith, 1858)
Cryptocerus obtusus
Smith, 1858a:
191 (w.)
BRAZIL (Pará).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santarem (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 172, record a second syntype (in ZSBS) from Amazonas, but this locality is not mentioned in the original description.
Citations
- 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
- Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF