• [Also described as new by Emery, 1894l: 59.]
• [Misspelled as multispinosus by Santschi, 1913h: 40.]
• Emery, 1894d: 202 (s.); Forel, 1899d: 49 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b: 155 (l.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1915g: 192.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 204.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 387.
• Subspecies of Cephalotes cordatus: Emery, 1893m: 142 (footnote).
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Emery, 1894d: 201; Emery, 1896g: 37; Forel, 1899b: 49; Forel, 1899j: 273; Forel, 1906d: 234; Forel, 1912f: 201; Santschi, 1913h: 40; Forel, 1914e: 11; Mann, 1916: 450; Mann, 1922: 33; Emery, 1924f: 307; Wheeler, 1925a: 36; Kempf, 1951: 204 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426.
• Junior synonym of Cephalotes basalis: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 269; Oliveira et al., 2021: 21 (in list).

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus cordatus multispinus
• Cryptocerus multispinus

Citations

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