Cryptopone

Cryptopone is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant.^[2] 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.^[3] Wadeura was previously synonymized under this genus, however, its two species (now four) were separated out again by Branstetter & Longino, 2022.^[1]

Cryptopone
Cryptopone gilva worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Cryptopone Emery, 1893
Type species
Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893
Diversity[1]
23 species

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)