Cryptopone tenuis Emery, 1900b: 321, pl. 8, figs. 21, 22 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wilson, 1957b: 373). Type localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Lemien (forest, nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe)) (L. Biró), and Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Tamara I. (L. Biró). Primary type depository: MSNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker, 1 paralectotype queen. Type localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Lemien (forest, nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe)) (L. Biró), and Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Tamara I. (L. Biró). Secondary type depository: HNHM. Type notes: Wilson, 1957b: 373, 375, does not specify the locality of the lectotype.