Protonym: Cryptocerus wheeleri
Authorship Forel, 1901d: 126
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO (Morelos)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype soldier (by designation of Kempf, 1958a: 133). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Morelos, Cuernavaca, xii.1900 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0085057 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype soldiers, 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, MSNG, MZSP, USNM. Secondary type specimen: MZSP0085058.
Type notes Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite lectotype soldier, 1 paralectotype worker in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes wheeleri Species Valid
Cryptocerus wheeleri Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cephalotes wheeleri (Forel, 1901)
Original combination