Explanation of Names
Caplothorax Kirejtshuk 1997
Numbers
2 spp. in our area + several undescribed (Neotropical) species
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The species that belong to this new genus are as follows
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-Caplothorax brevipennis (Blanchard,1842) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax californicus (Schaeffer, 1911) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax funebris (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax lugubris (Murray, 1864) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax melanopterus (Erichson, 1843) stat. nov.
-Caplothorax rufiventris comb. nov.
-Caplothorax rufus (Murray, 1864) stat. nov.
-Caplothorax sayi (Parsons, 1943) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax similaris (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax viduatus (Sharp, 1889) comb. nov.
-Caplothorax yuccae (Crotch, 1874) comb. nov.
Remarks
Reinstated as a valid genus according to Powell
et al. (2020)
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