Dicroaspis cryptocera Emery
  Type location Zaïre
(Emery 1908b: 105, illustrated - wing of queen on genus card above;
worker & queen) collected at Stanleyville (Kisangani) by H. Kohl
junior synonym wheeleri (Geognomicus wheeleri in
Menozzi, 1924b: 220, illustrated, worker) from Principe I.,
collected by L. Fea  .
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 Emery's (1908b) description
is at  and Menozzi's (1924b, illustration left)
description is at  . Bolton's modern description (1981) is at 
WORKER - TL 3.0-3.1 mm, HL 0.80-0.86, HW 0.68-0.74, SL
0.50-0.56, PW 0.50-0.54.
All dorsal surfaces with numerous, short, fine curved simple hairs.
Overall glossy, light reddish-brown.
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 The photomontage is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0401720
Collection details - Central African Republic: Prefecture
Sangha-Mbaéré; Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki, Mabéa Bai, 21.4 km 53° NE
Bayanga; 03°02'00"N 016°24'36"E, 510m. Collection Information:
Collection codes: BLF4000. Date: 1-7 May 2001. Collected by:
B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter (leaf mould and rotten
wood)Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m
Transect Sample No.: 22.
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The photomontage of the
holotype worker is
collated from