This history item belongs to Cryptocerus Latreille, 1803

Its current taxon owner(s) is Cryptocerus

[Cryptocephalus: incorrect subsequent spelling of Cryptocerus by Lowne, 1865b: 336, in the combination Cryptocephalus pubescens; current combination Meranoplus pubescens Smith, 1853 (Bolton, 1981a: 47).]


[{misspelling <i>Cryptocephalus</i>}: incorrect subsequent spelling of {tax 429599} by {ref 143717}: 336, in the combination {misspelling <i>Cryptocephalus pubescens</i>}; current combination {taxac 439953} ({ref 122844}: 47).]
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2022-10-22
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Cryptocerus Genus Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Cephalotes Latreille, 1802
Cryptocerus (Cryptocerus) Subgenus Obsolete combination
an obsolete classification of Cryptocerus Latreille, 1803
Other history items belonging to Cryptocerus
#241331 [Type-species not Cryptocerus umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804, unjustified subsequent designation by Emery, 1914b: 38, repeated by Emery, 1915g: 192; Emery, 1924f: 305.]
#306073 Cryptocerus in Formicaires: Latreille, 1803: 311.
#306074 Cryptocerus in Formicariae: Latreille, 1804: 179; Latreille, 1809: 132; Latreille, 1810: 312.
#306075 Cryptocerus in Formicarides: Leach, 1815: 147.
#241332 Cryptocerus in Myrmicites: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 170.
#241333 Cryptocerus in Myrmicidae, Cryptoceridae: Smith, 1853: 214; Emery, 1877b: 81.
#241334 Cryptocerus in Formicidae, Cryptoceridae: Smith, 1858a: 187; Smith, 1862d: 408; Smith, 1876d: 605.
#241336 Cryptocerus in Cryptoceridae, Cryptocerinae: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
#241337 Cryptocerus in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1862: 757 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 25 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1866b: 907 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 140 [Myrmicinae].
#241338 Cryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini: Forel, 1892d: 345; Forel, 1893b: 164; Forel, 1895b: 133; Emery, 1895l: 771; Emery, 1896e: 180; Forel, 1899b: 48; Wheeler, 1910a: 141; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 665; Emery, 1924f: 305; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b: 59.
#306076 Cryptocerus as genus: Fabricius, 1804: 420; Latreille, 1804: 179; Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1817c: 526; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 170; Smith, 1853: 214; Smith, 1858a: 187; Mayr, 1862: 757; Smith, 1862d: 408; Mayr, 1863a: 405; Roger, 1863b: 38; Mayr, 1865: 25; Mayr, 1866b: 907; Smith, 1876d: 605; Emery, 1877b: 81; Forel, 1892d: 345; Dalla Torre, 1893: 140; Forel, 1893b: 164; Emery, 1895l: 771; Forel, 1895b: 133; Emery, 1896e: 180; Forel, 1899b: 48; Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Wheeler, 1910a: 141; Wheeler, 1913a: 78; Emery, 1914e: 42; Emery, 1914b: 39; Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 665; Emery, 1924f: 305; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b: 59.
#241339 Cryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes: Wheeler, 1913a: 78; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 635; Donisthorpe, 1944b: 59; Smith, 1949c: 19; Kempf, 1951: 105; subsequent authors; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 25; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 59; Bolton, 2003: 194.
#306077 [Note: it is not known why Latreille changed the name of the genus from Cephalotes to Cryptocerus, when there was no reason for him to do so. Latreille, 1816: 496, mentions the change, and Latreille, 1817c: 526, merely comments, “J’avois désigné ce genre dans le troisième volume de mon Histoire générale des Insectes, sous le nom de céphalote (Cephalotes Latreille, 1802b) que j’ai ensuite changé en celui de cryptocère” (Cryptocerus Latreille, 1803). Cephalotes and Cryptocerus therefore share the same type-species, and synonymy is absolute.]
#241340 (selected) [Cryptocephalus: incorrect subsequent spelling of Cryptocerus by Lowne, 1865b: 336, in the combination Cryptocephalus pubescens; current combination Meranoplus pubescens Smith, 1853 (Bolton, 1981a: 47).]