Plectroctena cryptica Bolton, 1974c: 327, fig. 5 (w.q.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 2.i.1969, on mud below dam (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102948. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: Ivory Coast: Lamto (Toumodi), 11.iv.1968 (sample AA 279 N2) (J. Lévieux), 20.vi.1968 (sample AA 334 N4) (J. Lévieux), and 21.ii.1969 (J. Lévieux). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.