Protonym: Cryptocerus alfaroi
Authorship Emery, 1890c: 76
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality COSTA RICA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype soldiers, syntype workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG.
Type notes 1) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 129, cite 1 soldier, 3 worker syntypes (1s, 1w in MHNG, 2w in MSNG). 2) Emery, 1894l: 59, cites the type locality as Jiménez, but De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 129, retain the original description locality of Alajuela.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes alfaroi Species Valid
Cryptocerus alfaroi Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes alfaroi (Emery, 1890)
Original combination