• [Also described as new by Emery, 1893h: 240 (attributed to Motschoulsky).]
• [Note: Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893a, is not conspecific nor congeneric with Stigmatomma testaceum Motschoulsky, 1863 (Wilson, 1958g: 360). Emery, 1893a: cclxxv, stated, “J’établis ce genre [Cryptopone] sur un Insecte que je crois être l’ouvrière dont Motschulsky a décrit la femelle sous le nom de Amblyopone? testacea.” He was mistaken.]
• Donisthorpe, 1942d: 451 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986c: 88 (l.); Imai et al., 1984: 67 (k.); Tjan et al., 1986: 57 (k.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1893h: 240; Bingham, 1903: 104; Forel, 1913l: 10; Wheeler, 1933g: 6; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 451; Wilson, 1958g: 360; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 23; Taylor, 1976a: 79; Dlussky, 1994a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 167; Tiwari, 1999: 30; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 416; Clouse, 2007b: 262; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 55; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 58; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013b: 4 (in key); Sarnat et al., 2013: 73; Bharti et al., 2016: 49; Dias et al., 2020: 106; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 141; Wang et al., 2022: 117.
• Senior synonym of Cryptopone anommata: Wilson, 1958g: 360; Bolton, 1995b: 167.
• Senior synonym of Cryptopone emeryi: Wilson, 1958g: 360; Bolton, 1995b: 167.
• Senior synonym of Cryptopone mayri: Wilson, 1958g: 360; Bolton, 1995b: 167.
• Senior synonym of Cryptopone sarawakana: Wilson, 1958g: 360; Bolton, 1995b: 167.

Junior synonyms

• Cryptopone anommata (Donisthorpe, 1948)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera anommata
• Cryptopone emeryi Donisthorpe, 1943
• Cryptopone mayri Mann, 1919
• Cryptopone sarawakana Wheeler, 1933

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