Protonym: Cryptocerus elegans
Authorship Smith, 1853: 222, pl. 19, fig. 3
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality COLOMBIA, BRAZIL (ParĂ¡)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Colombia (no further data), Brazil: Santarem (H.W. Bates). Primary type depositories: BMNH, OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900238
Type notes De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 368, cite 3 worker syntypes (1 in BMNH, 2 in OXUM).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes elegans Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Cephalotes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804)
Cryptocerus elegans Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes elegans (Smith, 1853)
Original combination