Protonym: Cryptocerus cristatus
Authorship Emery, 1890c: 72, pl. 9, fig. 2
Forms s.w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality COSTA RICA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype soldiers, syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 176; no lectotype designated), Costa Rica: Jiménez, 1889 (A. Alfaro). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG.
Type notes De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 330, cite 2 soldier, 7 worker, 4 queen syntypes (1s, 1w, 1q in MHNG, 1s, 6w, 3q in MSNG).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes cristatus Species Valid
Cryptocerus cristatus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes cristatus (Emery, 1890)
Original combination