Chelaner rubriceps cinctum (Wheeler, 1917)

Littauer, Richard, 2025, Corrections for grammatical agreement for species in Chelaner Emery, 1914 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 5723 (2), pp. 268-280 : 278

Chelaner rubriceps cinctum — Monomorium rubriceps var. cinctum Wheeler, 1917: 113

This name has no etymological note in the original description. I could find no specific or tangential meaning in the text for why this word was chosen. Cinctus is either an adjective or a noun in Latin. Without a specific reason in the original description why cinctum should be treated as an adjective, under Article 31.2.2 this name must be treated as a noun in apposition and left unchanged. This name was combined as C. cinctus by Ettershank (1966), which is an unjustified emendation. It is considered a junior synonym of M. rubriceps by Heterick (2001).