| Authorship | Emery, 1890c: 76 | 
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| Forms | s.w. | 
| Bioregion | Neotropic | 
| Locality | COSTA RICA | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype soldiers, syntype workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG. | 
| Type notes | 1) De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 129, cite 1 soldier, 3 worker syntypes (1s, 1w in MHNG, 2w in MSNG). 2) Emery, 1894l: 59, cites the type locality as Jiménez, but De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 129, retain the original description locality of Alajuela. | 
| Cephalotes alfaroi | Species | Valid | |
| Cryptocerus alfaroi | Species | Obsolete combination an obsolete combination of Cephalotes alfaroi (Emery, 1890) | Original combination |