Protonym: Cryptocerus aztecus
Authorship Forel, 1901d: 125
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO (Morelos)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype soldiers, syntype workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Mexico: Morelos, Cuernavaca, 27.xii.1900 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, MSNG, NHMB.
Type notes De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 563, report syntypes as 5 soldiers, 11 workers; they also include 1 male, not mentioned in the original description.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes aztecus Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Cephalotes bimaculatus (Smith, 1860)
Cryptocerus aztecus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes aztecus (Forel, 1901)
Original combination