Cryptocerus pusillus var. brevispinosa Santschi, 1921h: 127, fig. 2 (w.) ARGENTINA (Misiones, Córdoba), PARAGUAY, BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Argentina: Misiones, vic. San Ignacio, Villa Lutecia (E.R. Wagner), Argentina: Cerro Cora (E. von Steiger), Argentina: Córdoba (C. Bruch), Paraguay: (no further data) (K.A.G. Fiebrig), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Alto da Boa Vista (E.R. Wagner). Primary type depositories: MNHN, NHMB. Type notes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 172, cite 3 worker syntypes in NHMB.

Infrasubspecies

• C. p. b. rufescens Santschi, 1921