Species: Cephalotes angustus

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Cryptocerus angustus Mayr, 1862 PDF: 759 (s.q.) BRAZIL. Neotropic. Primary type information: Primary type material: 1 syntype soldier, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Brazil: (no further data). Primary type depository: NHMW. Type notes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 700, imply that type-material is absent from NHMW, attributing this information to Kempf, 1958a; but actually Kempf, 1958a: 74, states that type-material of “a female and a damaged soldier” are present there. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as augustus by Forel, 1912f PDF: 201.]

Mayr, 1887 PDF: 565 (w.m.)

Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 20.

Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991 PDF: 384.

Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 319.

Status as species: Mayr, 1863a PDF: 405; Roger, 1863b PDF: 38; Mayr, 1866a PDF: 515 (redescription); Smith, 1867 PDF: 525; Mayr, 1887 PDF: 565; Emery, 1888c PDF: 362; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 141; Emery, 1894d PDF: 203; von Jhering, 1894 PDF: 383; Forel, 1895b PDF: 133; Forel, 1908 PDF: 354; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 567; Santschi, 1912e PDF: 529; Forel, 1912f PDF: 201; Bruch, 1915 PDF: 530; Luederwaldt, 1918 PDF: 40; Emery, 1924f PDF: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 117; Borgmeier, 1937b PDF: 244; Kempf, 1958a: 20, 73 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 175; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 424; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 700 (redescription); Wild, 2007b PDF: 31; Oliveira et al., 2021 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF: 8 (in list).

Senior synonym of Cephalotes angustus clarior: Kempf, 1958a: 74; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 175; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 424; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 700; Oliveira et al., 2021 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF: 8 (in list).

Senior synonym of Cephalotes cristatus ruficeps: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 700; Oliveira et al., 2021 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF: 8 (in list).

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic, Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Central

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55

angustus (MayrHNS 1862).

Central (ALWC).

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Semideciduous seasonal forest, 1 times found in shaded lawn, 1 times found in centro, 1 times found in edge of second-growth rainforest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times recent tree-fall.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times Arboreal pitfall, 1 times direct collection.

Elevations: collected from 220 - 742 meters, 481 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1925-01-01 00:00:00.0 and 2012-04-13 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Cephalotes angustus: casent0909276, casent0909277; syntype of Cryptocerus angustus clarior: casent0909278; type of Cryptocerus angustus: focol2151

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Species: Cephalotes angustus (Mayr, 1862)

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