Cryptocerus varians marginata Wheeler & Mann, 1914 an obsolete combination of Cephalotes marginatus (Wheeler & Mann, 1914)
Cryptocerus varians subsp. marginatus Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 39, fig. 17 (s.w.q.) HAITI. Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype soldiers, syntype workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: Haiti: Diquini, (nr Bizaton, W Port au Prince), 1912-13 (W.M. Mann) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1958a: 152; no lectotype designated), Haiti: St Marc, 1912-13 (W.M. Mann), Haiti: Petionville (LeCoup), (ca 3 mi. inland Port au Prince, ca 500 m.), 1912-13 (W.M. Mann), and Haiti: Manneville, W shore Lake Assuei, 1912-13 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MSNG, MZSP, NHMB, USNM. Type notes: 1) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 508, say that Kempf, 1958a labelled a lectotype, but if so the designation was never published and is therefore invalid. 2) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 508, cite 15 soldier, 36 worker syntypes (2s, 4w in MCZC, 1s, 4w in MHNG, 1s, 2w in MSNG, 4s, 8w in MZSP, 2s, 7w in NHMB, 5s, 11w in USNM).
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