• [Also described as new by Emery, 1894l: 60.]
• De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 335 (m.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 216.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Hespenheide, 1986: 395.
• Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 325.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 142; Forel, 1899b: 49; Wheeler, 1907b: 272; Forel, 1908c: 44; Forel, 1912f: 200; Mann, 1922: 34; Emery, 1924f: 308; Wheeler, 1925a: 36; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Kempf, 1951: 216 (redescription); Brown, 1957e: 236; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 330 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 911.

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus cristatus

Citations

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