Protonym: Cryptocerus fossithorax
Authorship Santschi, 1921h: 125, fig. 1
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ARGENTINA (Rio Negro)
Primary type information Primary type material: 1 syntype soldier, syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Argentina: Río Negro (Hildemann) (received from Bruch). Primary type depositories: MACN, MZSP, NHMB. Primary type specimen: MZSPHYM0140227.
Type notes 1) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 635, cite 1 soldier, 4 worker syntypes (1w in MZSP, 1s, 3w in NHMB). 2) They also say soldiers and workers (numbers not stated) in MACN. 3) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 1 syntype worker in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes fossithorax Species Valid
Cryptocerus fossithorax Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes fossithorax (Santschi, 1921)
Original combination