Cryptocerus cordatus Smith, 1853: 220, pl. 21, fig. 3 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santarem (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: unknown (holotype lost (not in BMNH or OXUM (De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 317))). Type notes: Smith, 1853 says “The single specimen sent is unique in the Collection of the British Museum”.