Cryptopone tengu Terayama, 1999a: 8, figs. 1-5 (w.) JAPAN (Nansei Is). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Japan: Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima, 26.iii.1980 (M. Terayama). Type-depository: MNHA. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 13 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 8 paratype workers Japan: Okinawa Pref., Okinawa-jima, Kunigami-son, 21.viii.1991 (M. Terayama). Paratype-depository: MNHA.