Pheidole cryptocera Emery, 1900b: 324, pl. 8, figs. 26, 27 (s.w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Beliao I. (L. Biró), Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Seleo I. (L. Biró). Primary type depository: MSNG (probably also HNHM).