Cryptocerus cristatus Emery, 1890c: 72, pl. 9, fig. 2 (s.w.q.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype soldiers, syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 176; no lectotype designated), Costa Rica: Jiménez, 1889 (A. Alfaro). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG. Type notes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 330, cite 2 soldier, 7 worker, 4 queen syntypes (1s, 1w, 1q in MHNG, 1s, 6w, 3q in MSNG).