Cryptopone gilvatumida

This species occurs in cloud forest habitats from 1400-2040 m elevation. Most specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter and rotten wood. Three nests were found in and under rotting wood in a small cloud forest clearing near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The larvae have five pairs of dorsal doorknob-shaped tubercles, as described for Cryptopone gilva (Wheeler and Wheeler 1952). (Branstetter & Longino, 2022)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * ''. Cryptopone gilvatumida Branstatter & Longino, 2022: 16, figs. 8, 9, 11 (w.q.) MEXICO.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Veracruz, 12 km. WSW Xalapa, 19.52307, -97.02789±20 m., 1940 m., 12.vii.2016, #9738, cloud forest, dead wood (J. Longino); paratypes: 2 workers with same data, 3 workers with same data but #9739.2, 3 workers with same data but #9740.
 * Type-depositories: UNAM (holotype); CASC, IEXA, JTLC, MCZC, UCDC, USNM (paratypes).
 * Distribution: Mexico.

Type Material

 * Holotype worker: Mexico, Veracruz, 12km WSW Xalapa, 19.52307 -97.02789 ± 20 m, 1940 m, 12 July 2016, cloud forest clearing, nest in dead wood (J. Longino #9738) [UNAM, unique specimen identiﬁer CASENT0631951].
 * Paratypes: same data as holotype [1 worker, CAS, CASENT0644254; 1 worker, USNM, CASENT0644255]; same data except J. Longino #9739.2 [1 worker, MCZC, CASENT0644259; 1 worker, UCDC, CASENT0644260; 1 worker, IEXA, CASENT0644261; 1 worker, JTLC, CASENT0644262]; same data except J.Longino #9740 [3 workers, CAS, CASENT0644256, CASENT0644257, CASENT0644258].