''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), with the queens being slightly larger. ''Wadeura'' was previously synonymized under this genus, however, its two species (now four) were separated out again by Branstetter & Longino, 2022.

Species

*''Cryptopone arabica'' Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 *''Cryptopone butteli'' Forel, 1913 *''Cryptopone crassicornis'' (Emery, 1897) *''Cryptopone fusciceps'' Emery, 1900 *''Cryptopone gigas'' Wu & Wang, 1995 *''Cryptopone gilva'' (Roger, 1863) *''Cryptopone gilvagrande'' Branstetter & Longino, 2022 *''Cryptopone gilvatumida'' Branstetter & Longino, 2022 *''Cryptopone guatemalensis'' (Forel, 1899) *''Cryptopone jinxiuensis'' Zhou, 2001 *''Cryptopone mirabilis'' MacKay & MacKay, 2010 *''Cryptopone motschulskyi'' Donisthorpe, 1943 *''Cryptopone nicobarensis'' Forel, 1905 *''Cryptopone ochracea'' (Mayr, 1855) *''Cryptopone pseudogigas'' Zhou & Zheng, 1997 *''Cryptopone recticlypea'' Xu, 1998 *''Cryptopone rotundiceps'' (Emery, 1914) *''Cryptopone sauteri'' (Wheeler, 1906) *''Cryptopone sinensis'' Wang, 1992 *''Cryptopone subterranea'' Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013 *''Cryptopone taivanae'' (Forel, 1913) *''Cryptopone tengu'' Terayama, 1999 *''Cryptopone testacea'' Emery, 1893 *''Cryptopone typhlos'' (Karavaiev, 1935)

References

External links

* Ponerinae Ant genera Taxa named by Carlo Emery {{Ponerinae-stub