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Cephalotes serratus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy

Exocryptocerus serratus was named by Vierbergen and Scheven (1995). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Cephalotes serratus by de Andrade and Baroni Urbani (1999) and Fernández and Sendoya (2004).

Synonyms

Exocryptocerus elevatus was named by Vierbergen and Scheven (1995). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cephalotes serratus by de Andrade and Baroni Urbani (1999) and Bolton (2012).
Exocryptocerus truncatus was named by Vierbergen and Scheven (1995). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cephalotes serratus by de Andrade and Baroni Urbani (1999) and Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1995	Exocryptocerus serratus Vierbergen and Scheven p. 159 figs. 1a-d
1995	Exocryptocerus elevatus Vierbergen and Scheven p. 160 figs. 2a-d
1995	Exocryptocerus truncatus Vierbergen and Scheven p. 161 figs. 3a-d
1999	Cephalotes serratus de Andrade and Baroni Urbani p. 522 figs. 3-6, 17A,B, 244, 245
2004	Cephalotes serratus Fernández and Sendoya p. 50

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
—	Aculeata	()
superfamily	Formicoidea
family	Formicidae	()
subfamily	Myrmicinae
tribe	Attini	Smith 1858
genus	Cephalotes
species	serratus	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cephalotes serratus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995

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Invalid names: Exocryptocerus elevatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym], Exocryptocerus truncatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Cephalotes serratus (122472 122474 124281) Exocryptocerus serratus (138700) Exocryptocerus serratus, Exocryptocerus elevatus, Exocryptocerus truncatus (type locality: 124846)