Cephalotes patei (Kempf, 1951) valid
Paracryptocerus (Harnedia) patei Kempf, 1951: 235, figs. 151, 153-155 (s.w.q.m.) COLOMBIA. Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: (no further data; specimens intercepted in quarantine at Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A., 10.iv.1946, on imported Cattleya sp. orchids, no. 46-8631). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 15 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MZSP, USNM. Type notes: Confusion in contents of type-series. On p. 235 Kempf says “Types – worker, soldier”, and specifies the date 10.iv.1946, and collection no. 46-8631; on p. 237 a “soldier (paratype)” is described, but on p. 240 he says “16 workers, 5 females (holotype and paratypes)”, quoting the correct date but omitting the collection number, and with no soldier included. In addition, De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 517, quote the type-series as “paratypes numerous workers, soldiers, gynes and one male”.
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