Species: Cephalotes taino De Andrade, 1999

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Cephalotes
Species: taino

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Cephalotes taino De Andrade, 1999B: 106, fig. 36 (w.) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (In Copal). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas, Caribbean, Cibao Norte, Dominican Republic

Distribution Notes:

Dominican copal (not amber); subfossil, exact age unknown.

Comments:

Holotype SMNS DoC-3014, in Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany.

References:

De Andrade M.L., Baroni Urbani C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (B), 271: 1-889.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: holotype: smnsdoc3014

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