Cerapachys F. Smith

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 25-26

publication ID

21008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268081

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E172803-0B66-12A0-1EAC-F8099722714B

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scientific name

Cerapachys F. Smith
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Genus Cerapachys F. Smith View in CoL   HNS

Ants in this genus are subterranean predators on other ants and they are not commonly encountered in California. Workers of C. augustae Wheeler   HNS have been recorded from three localities in southern coastal California (specimens in LACM and UCDC), while males of C. davisi M. R. Smith   HNS have been collected at light in desert locations in Imperial and San Bernardino Counties (Snelling & George 1979).

Species identification: male key in Mackay and Mackay (2002). Additional references: Brown (1975), Smith (1942b), Snelling and George (1979), Wheeler (1902e, 1903j).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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