Protonym: Cryptocerus varians subsp. marginatus
Authorship Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 39, fig. 17
Forms s.w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality HAITI
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).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes marginatus Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Cephalotes decoloratus De Andrade, 1999
Cryptocerus varians marginata Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes marginatus (Wheeler & Mann, 1914)
Original combination