Cryptocerus silvae Forel, 1906d: 233 (w.) COLOMBIA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1951: 203). Primary type locality: lectotype Colombia: Santa Marta (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 14 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Other original syntype localities (workers): Colombia: Sabanilla, Cienaga, Calabasso, and Ouriheka (A. Forel and F. Santschi); which localities by which collector is not explained. 2) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 267, say the lectotype could not be found in MHNG.