Cryptocerus gibbosus Smith, 1876d: 605, pl. 2, fig. 3 (s.) Fig. number corrected from 2 to 3 by Kempf, 1951: 224. MEXICO. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype soldiers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Mexico (no further data). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 311, refer to a “holotype soldier” of this taxon, but Smith, 1876d indicates more than one specimen: “Length 3 - 3½ lines”.