Specimens are occasionally taken in samples of sifted leaf litter (Winkler samples).
Taxonomic history
Creighton & Tulloch, 1930 PDF: 74 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c PDF: 625 (l.).Combination in Pachycondyla (Pseudoponera): Emery, 1901b PDF: 46.Combination in Euponera (Trachymesopus): Emery, 1911e PDF: 86.Combination in Trachymesopus: Kempf, 1960f: 424.Combination in Pachycondyla: MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 352.Combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963a PDF: 3; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 PDF: 185.Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 16; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 448; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 438; Cresson, 1887 PDF: 258; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 39; Emery, 1895d PDF: 266; Emery, 1896g PDF: 54 (in key); Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 561; Emery, 1911e PDF: 86; Smith, 1928b PDF: 244; Creighton & Tulloch, 1930 PDF: 74; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 277; Smith, 1944d PDF: 14; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 46; Smith, 1951c PDF: 786; Smith, 1958c PDF: 111; Carter, 1962a PDF: 6 (in list); Smith, 1967a PDF: 348; Smith, 1979: 1341; Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44; MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 67; Longino, 2006b PDF: 135; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 352 (redescription); Deyrup, 2017: 20; Fernandes & Delabie, 2019 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4354 PDF: 411 (in key).Senior synonym of Cryptopone guatemalensis: MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 352.Senior synonym of Cryptopone gilva harnedi: Creighton & Tulloch, 1930 PDF: 74; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 46; Smith, 1951c PDF: 786; Smith, 1979: 1341; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Longino, 2006b PDF: 135; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 352.Senior synonym of Cryptopone obsoleta: Longino, 2006b PDF: 135; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 352.