Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides

Distribution
This taxon was described from Ivory Coast. It is also found in Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.

Nomenclature

 *  cryptoceroides. Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892d: 561, pl. 15, figs. 5, 6 (q.) IVORY COAST. Subspecies of mocquerysi: Forel, 1913b: 336; Forel, 1915c: 343; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 886. Revived status as species: Emery, 1924d: 240; Santschi, 1925h: 163 (in key). Senior synonym of deplanatus: Emery, 1899e: 477; of curvispina: Emery, 1912d: 273; Emery, 1924d: 240; of melanoticus: Bolton, 1995b: 75.
 * deplanatus. Atopomyrmex deplanatus Mayr, 1895: 113 (w.) SIERRA LEONE. Junior synonym of cryptoceroides: Emery, 1899e: 477.
 * curvispina. Atopomyrmex mocquerysi var. curvispina Forel, 1911c: 311 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Arnold, 1916: 192 (q.). Junior synonym of cryptoceroides: Emery, 1912d: 273; Emery, 1924d: 240.
 * melanoticus. Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides var. melanoticus Santschi, 1925h: 153 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [First available use of Atopomyrmex mocquerysi subsp. cryptoceroides var. melanoticus Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 182; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of cryptoceroides: Bolton, 1995b: 75. [Material of unavailable name formerly referred to cryptoceroides by Bolton, 1981b: 250.]