Amblyopone cephalotes Smith, 1876c: 490 (w.) NEW ZEALAND. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker (mounted on card with a pupa). Primary type locality: New Zealand: “N. Zeal.” Auckland (Lawson). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, “The specimen matches the original description but there is no datum label that proves it to be the true holotype. The original description states that the holotype was “collected by Mr Lawson at Auckland.”.