• [Zacryptocerus Ashmead, 1905c: 384. Nomen nudum. Based on a non-existent type-species: Cryptocerus multistrigus Ashmead, 1905c. Nomen nudum, attributed to Smith, F. (Emery, 1906a: 718; Wheeler, 1911g: 175).]
• Zacryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini: Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 665; Emery, 1924f: 304; subsequent authors; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79.
• Zacryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cephalotini: Kempf, 1951: 133: Kempf, 1972b: 259; Smith, 1979: 1402; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 50.
• Zacryptocerus as subgenus of Cryptocerus: Wheeler, 1916f: 326.
• Zacryptocerus as genus: Emery, 1915g: 192; Santschi, 1916e: 283; Emery, 1924f: 304; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 737; Kempf, 1951: 136: Kempf, 1972b: 259; Kempf, 1973c: 460; Smith, 1979: 1402; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Brandão, 1991: 383; Bolton, 1995b: 50.
• Zacryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 59; Bolton, 2003: 195.

Obsolete classifications

• Cryptocerus (Zacryptocerus)

Citations

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