Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Zacryptocerus squamosus
Synonym: Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Full reference: G. Vierbergen and J. Scheven. 1995. Nine new species and a new genus of Dominican amber ants of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Creation Research Society Quarterly 32(3):158-170
Belongs to Cephalotes according to F. Fernández and S. Sendoya 2004
See also de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 and Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Sister taxa: Cephalotes alveolatus, Cephalotes bloosi, Cephalotes brevispineus, Cephalotes caribicus, Cephalotes dieteri, Cephalotes hispaniolicus, Cephalotes integerrimus, Cephalotes jansei, Cephalotes maya, Cephalotes obscurus, Cephalotes olmecus, Cephalotes poinari, Cephalotes resinae, Cephalotes serratus, Cephalotes sucinus, Cephalotes taino, Cephalotes ventriosus
Type specimens:
- Cephalotes squamosus: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
- Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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