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Cephalotes varians (Smith, 1876)

Cryptocerus varians Smith, 1876:606 - Wheeler, 1905Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. (distribution); Wheeler, 1913Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505. (distribution); Wheeler & Mann, 1914Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61. (distribution); Mann, 1920Mann, W.M 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42:403-439. (distribution); Mann, 1922Mann, W.M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. (distribution); Wheeler, 1937Wheeler, W.M. 1937. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81 (3):441-465. (distribution). - As Cephalotes varians: - Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Fernández & Sendoya, 2004Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93. (distribution); Reyes, 2005Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283. (distribution); Fontenla & Alfonso-Simonetti, 2018Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution). - As Paracryptocerus varians: - Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Rivero, 2006Rivero, A. 2006. Estudios de diversidad de insectos en la región Jibacoa-Hanabanilla. Macizo Guamuhaya. Centro Agrícola año 33 (no. 2. abr.-jun.):49-56. (distribution). - As Zacryptocerus varians: - Deyrup et al., 1988Deyrup, M., N. Carlin, J. Trager & G. Umphrey 1988. A review of the ants of the Florida Keys. The Florida Entomologist 71 (2):163-176. (distribution); Fontenla Rizo, 1993Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Reyes, 2010Reyes, J.L. 2010. Apuntes sobre una comunidad de hormigas sinantrópicas en Santiago de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 18:44-47. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Cephalotes varians (Smith, 1876)

Distribution

BHSBahamas
 (Wheeler, 1905; Wheeler & Mann, 1914; Fernández & Sendoya, 2004; AntWeb, 2023)
BRABrazil
 (AntWeb, 2023 needs confirmation)
COLColombia
 (AntWeb, 2023 needs confirmation)
CUBCuba
 (Wheeler, 1905; Wheeler, 1913; Wheeler & Mann, 1914; Mann, 1920; Wheeler, 1937; Alayo, 1973; Zayas, 1982; Fontenla Rizo, 1993; Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004; Reyes, 2005; Rivero, 2006; Reyes, 2010; Fontenla & Alfonso-Simonetti, 2018; AntWeb, 2023)
DOMDominican Republic
 (AntWeb, 2023)
HNDHonduras
 (Mann, 1922; AntWeb, 2023 needs confirmation)
JAMJamaica
 (AntWeb, 2023)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (AntWeb, 2023 needs confirmation)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Starr & Hook, 2003; AntWeb, 2023 doubt about present)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Wheeler & Mann, 1914; Deyrup et al., 1988; AntWeb, 2023)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (AntWeb, 2023 needs confirmation)
VENVenezuela
 (AntWeb, 2023 needs confirmation)

Literature

  • Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
  • AntWeb 2023. Ants. .
  • Deyrup, M., N. Carlin, J. Trager & G. Umphrey 1988. A review of the ants of the Florida Keys. The Florida Entomologist 71 (2):163-176.
  • Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7.
  • Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30.
  • Mann, W.M 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42:403-439.
  • Mann, W.M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54.
  • Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136.
  • Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283.
  • Reyes, J.L. 2010. Apuntes sobre una comunidad de hormigas sinantrópicas en Santiago de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 18:44-47.
  • Rivero, A. 2006. Estudios de diversidad de insectos en la región Jibacoa-Hanabanilla. Macizo Guamuhaya. Centro Agrícola año 33 (no. 2. abr.-jun.):49-56.
  • Smith, F. 1876. Descriptions of new species of Cryptoceridae, belonging to the genera Cryptocerus, Meranoplus, and Cataulacus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876:603-612.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1937. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81 (3):441-465.
  • Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61.
  • Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.