Cryptopone crassicornis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature

 * . Belonopelta crassicornis Emery, 1897d: 553 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“N.G. Merid.”): Kapa Kapa (L. Loria).
 * [Note: Wilson, 1958d: 353, writes that the holotype bears the data, “Moroka, 1300 m., N. Guinea S E, vii-ix.’93 (Loria)”. He notes that this contradicts the originally cited type-locality.]
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla (Pseudoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
 * combination in Euponera (Trachymesopus): Emery, 1911d: 86;
 * combination in Trachymesopus: Wilson, 1958d: 353;
 * combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963: 6.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 86; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 114; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 65; Wilson, 1958d: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 73.
 * Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Is.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.