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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Cryptocerus Latreille, 1802
is a synonym of Genus Cryptocercus Scudder, 1862
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
319
21125
328720
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
165
17348
314830
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
62
6400
167168
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
5
1575
54996
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
1575
54996
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
643
24656
Genera
Species
TribeAttini
Smith, 1858
Higher myrmicines
105
2234
Genera
Species
GenusCryptocerus
Latreille, 1802
Turtle ants
179Species
Subnodes of Cryptocerus Latreille, 1802
SpeciesCryptocerus 4-guttatus Fabricius, 1804
SpeciesCryptocerus adolphi Emery, 1906  ⇒ Cephalotes adolphi
SpeciesCryptocerus aethiops Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes oculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus alfaroi Emery, 1890  ⇒ Cephalotes alfaroi
SpeciesCryptocerus angulatus Smith, 1858  ⇒ Cephalotes complanatus
SpeciesCryptocerus angulosus Smith, 1867  ⇒ Cephalotes scutulatus
SpeciesCryptocerus angustus Forel, 1912  ⇒ Cephalotes angustus
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus araneolus Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes pallens
SpeciesCryptocerus argentatus Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes argentatus
SpeciesCryptocerus atrata Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesCryptocerus atratrus Linnaeus, 1758
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus atratus Linnaeus, 1758
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus augustus Mayr, 1862
SpeciesCryptocerus aztecus Forel, 1901  ⇒ Cephalotes bimaculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus basalis Smith, 1876  ⇒ Cephalotes basalis
SpeciesCryptocerus bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844  ⇒ Meranoplus bicolor
SpeciesCryptocerus biguttatus Emery, 1890  ⇒ Cephalotes biguttatus
SpeciesCryptocerus bimaculatus Smith, 1860  ⇒ Cephalotes bimaculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus bivestitus Santschi, 1922  ⇒ Cephalotes bivestitus
SpeciesCryptocerus bohlsi Emery, 1896  ⇒ Cephalotes bohlsi
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus bruchi Forel, 1912  ⇒ Cephalotes bruchi
SpeciesCryptocerus causticus Klug, 1824
SpeciesCryptocerus clipeatus Fabricius, 1804  ⇒ Cephalotes clypeatus
SpeciesCryptocerus clypeatus Fabricius, 1804  ⇒ Cephalotes clypeatus
SpeciesCryptocerus cognatus Smith, 1862  ⇒ Cephalotes minutus
SpeciesCryptocerus complanatus Forel, 1904  ⇒ Cephalotes complanatus
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus conspersus Smith, 1867  ⇒ Cephalotes conspersus
SpeciesCryptocerus convexus Santschi, 1916  ⇒ Cephalotes quadratus
SpeciesCryptocerus cordatus Emery, 1890  ⇒ Cephalotes cordatus
2Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus cordiae Stitz, 1913  ⇒ Cephalotes cordiae
SpeciesCryptocerus crenaticeps Mayr, 1866  ⇒ Cephalotes crenaticeps
SpeciesCryptocerus cristatus Emery, 1890  ⇒ Cephalotes cristatus
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus curvispinosus Mayr, 1863
SpeciesCryptocerus curvistriatus Forel, 1899  ⇒ Cephalotes curvistriatus
SpeciesCryptocerus denticulatus Emery, 1894  ⇒ Cephalotes targionii
2Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus depressus Forel, 1912  ⇒ Cephalotes depressus
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus discocephalus Klug, 1824  ⇒ Cephalotes pallens
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus dorbignyanus Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes dorbignyanus
SpeciesCryptocerus dubitatus Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes atratus
SpeciesCryptocerus duckei Forel, 1906  ⇒ Cephalotes duckei
SpeciesCryptocerus eduarduli Forel, 1921  ⇒ Cephalotes eduarduli
SpeciesCryptocerus egenus Santschi, 1911
SpeciesCryptocerus elegans Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes umbraculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus elongatus Klug, 1824  ⇒ Cephalotes pusillus
SpeciesCryptocerus emeryi Forel, 1912  ⇒ Cephalotes emeryi
SpeciesCryptocerus exiguus Smith, 1867  ⇒ Cephalotes minutus
SpeciesCryptocerus femoralis Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes femoralis
SpeciesCryptocerus fenestralis Smith, 1876  ⇒ Cephalotes placidus
SpeciesCryptocerus fervidus Smith, 1876  ⇒ Cephalotes membranaceus
SpeciesCryptocerus flavo-maculatus Fabricius, 1804
SpeciesCryptocerus flavomaculatus Mayr, 1862  ⇒ Cephalotes umbraculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus foliaceus Emery, 1906  ⇒ Cephalotes foliaceus
SpeciesCryptocerus fossithorax Santschi, 1921  ⇒ Cephalotes fossithorax
SpeciesCryptocerus gibbosus Emery, 1890  ⇒ Cephalotes multispinosus
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus goeldii Forel, 1912  ⇒ Cephalotes goeldii
SpeciesCryptocerus grandinosus Forel, 1899  ⇒ Cephalotes grandinosus
2Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus granulatus Latreille, 1802
SpeciesCryptocerus guttatus Forel, 1906
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus guttifer Santschi, 1919  ⇒ Cephalotes fiebrigi
SpeciesCryptocerus haemorrhoidalis Latreille, 1802  ⇒ Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus hamulatus Roger, 1863
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus hamulus Forel, 1901  ⇒ Cephalotes hamulus
3Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus heringi Santschi, 1931
SpeciesCryptocerus iheringi Emery, 1894
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus iheringii Emery, 1894
SpeciesCryptocerus inaequalis Mann, 1916  ⇒ Cephalotes inaequalis
SpeciesCryptocerus incertus Emery, 1906  ⇒ Cephalotes incertus
SpeciesCryptocerus insularis Wheeler, 1934
SpeciesCryptocerus jheringi Emery, 1894  ⇒ Cephalotes jheringi
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus jucundus Smith, 1876  ⇒ Cephalotes scutulatus
SpeciesCryptocerus klugi Emery, 1894  ⇒ Cephalotes klugi
SpeciesCryptocerus klugii Emery, 1894
SpeciesCryptocerus laminatus Forel, 1911  ⇒ Cephalotes laminatus
2Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus lanuginosus Santschi, 1919  ⇒ Cephalotes lanuginosus
SpeciesCryptocerus liogaster Santschi, 1916  ⇒ Cephalotes liogaster
SpeciesCryptocerus lobigaster Santschi, 1919  ⇒ Cephalotes lanuginosus
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus maculatus Forel, 1908  ⇒ Cephalotes maculatus
3Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus marginatus Fabricius, 1804  ⇒ Cephalotes decoloratus
SpeciesCryptocerus masculatus Smith, 1876
SpeciesCryptocerus membranaceus Klug, 1824  ⇒ Cephalotes membranaceus
SpeciesCryptocerus minutus Fabricius, 1804  ⇒ Cephalotes minutus
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus multispinosus Emery, 1890  ⇒ Cephalotes multispinosus
2Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus multispinus Forel, 1911  ⇒ Cephalotes basalis
4Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus multistrigus Ashmead, 1905
SpeciesCryptocerus naequalis Mann, 1916
SpeciesCryptocerus notatus Mayr, 1866  ⇒ Cephalotes notatus
SpeciesCryptocerus obtusus Smith, 1858  ⇒ Cephalotes pusillus
SpeciesCryptocerus oculatus Spinola, 1851  ⇒ Cephalotes oculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus pallens Klug, 1824  ⇒ Cephalotes pallens
4Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus pallidicephalus Smith, 1876  ⇒ Cephalotes pallidicephalus
SpeciesCryptocerus patellaris Mayr, 1866  ⇒ Cephalotes patellaris
SpeciesCryptocerus pavoni Latreille, 1809
SpeciesCryptocerus pavonii Latreille, 1809  ⇒ Cephalotes pavonii
SpeciesCryptocerus peltatus Emery, 1896  ⇒ Cephalotes jheringi
4Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus pillosus Forel, 1906
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus pilosus Emery, 1896  ⇒ Cephalotes pilosus
2Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus pineli Guérin-Méneville, 1844
SpeciesCryptocerus pinelii Guérin-Méneville, 1844  ⇒ Cephalotes pinelii
SpeciesCryptocerus placidus Smith, 1860  ⇒ Cephalotes placidus
SpeciesCryptocerus prodigiosus Santschi, 1921  ⇒ Cephalotes prodigiosus
SpeciesCryptocerus pubescens Smith, 1853  ⇒ Meranoplus pubescens
SpeciesCryptocerus punctatus Mayr, 1862  ⇒ Cephalotes spinosus
SpeciesCryptocerus pusillus Forel, 1912
3Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus quadratus Mayr, 1868  ⇒ Cephalotes quadratus
SpeciesCryptocerus quadriguttatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844  ⇒ Cephalotes umbraculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus quadrimaculatus Klug, 1824  ⇒ Cephalotes minutus
SpeciesCryptocerus ridiculus Santschi, 1915  ⇒ Cephalotes bruchi
SpeciesCryptocerus rimosus Spinola, 1851
SpeciesCryptocerus rohweri Wheeler, 1916  ⇒ Cephalotes rohweri
SpeciesCryptocerus scutellatus Smith, 1867
SpeciesCryptocerus scutulatus Smith, 1867  ⇒ Cephalotes scutulatus
SpeciesCryptocerus serraticeps Smith, 1858  ⇒ Cephalotes serraticeps
SpeciesCryptocerus setulifer Emery, 1894  ⇒ Cephalotes setulifer
1Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus silvae Forel, 1906  ⇒ Cephalotes femoralis
SpeciesCryptocerus spinosus Mayr, 1862  ⇒ Cephalotes spinosus
2Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus striativentris Emery, 1894  ⇒ Cephalotes pallidicephalus
SpeciesCryptocerus targionii Emery, 1894  ⇒ Cephalotes targionii
SpeciesCryptocerus texanus Santschi, 1915  ⇒ Cephalotes texanus
SpeciesCryptocerus umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804  ⇒ Cephalotes umbraculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus unimaculatus Smith, 1853  ⇒ Cephalotes unimaculatus
SpeciesCryptocerus varians Forel, 1922  ⇒ Cephalotes varians
3Subspecies
SpeciesCryptocerus volxemi Emery, 1878  ⇒ Cephalotes minutus
SpeciesCryptocerus wheeleri Forel, 1901  ⇒ Cephalotes wheeleri

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Cryptocerus
EnglishTurtle ants


Distribution of Cryptocerus Latreille, 1802
Brazil
1 Species
Dominican Republic


Haiti


Trinidad and Tobago




Links, sources and further information
Cryptocerus at gbif.org
Cryptocerus at gbif.org
Cryptocerus at irmng.org