Cephalotes exiguus

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Cephalotes exiguus (Smith, 1867) junior synonym of current valid taxon Cephalotes minutus (Fabricius, 1804)

Cryptocerus exiguus Smith, 1867: 524, pl. 26, fig. 4 (w.) MEXICO. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: (no further data) (“in the collection of W. Wilson Saunders, Esq.”). Primary type depository: OXUM.

Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1924f: 307.
Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 232.
Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 142; Forel, 1899b: 49; Emery, 1924f: 307; Kempf, 1951: 232.
Junior synonym of Cephalotes minutus: Kempf, 1958d: 110; Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 195; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).

Obsolete combinations

Cryptocerus exiguus

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 22:1-244. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1958d. Synonymic note on ants of the genus Paracryptocerus Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 69:108-110. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF
Smith, F. 1867. Descriptions of new species of Cryptoceridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3)5:523-528. PDF

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