Cryptocerus elegans Smith, 1853: 222, pl. 19, fig. 3 (w.) COLOMBIA, BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Colombia (no further data), Brazil: Santarem (H.W. Bates). Primary type depositories: BMNH, OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900238 Type notes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 368, cite 3 worker syntypes (1 in BMNH, 2 in OXUM).