• Wheeler, 1907b: 273 (s.w.m.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1952: 26.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Hespenheide, 1986: 395.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 410.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Forel, 1899b: 51; Emery, 1924f: 311; Wheeler, 1942: 208; Kempf, 1952: 26 (redescription); Brown, 1957e: 236; Kempf, 1958d: 110; Kempf, 1963c: 438; Kempf, 1972b: 180; Kempf, 1974a: 73 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 410 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 914.
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes angulosus: Emery, 1924f: 311; Kempf, 1958d: 110; Kempf, 1972b: 180; Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 410.
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes jucundus: Emery, 1924f: 311; Kempf, 1972b: 180; Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 410.

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes angulosus (Smith, 1867)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus angulosus
• Cephalotes jucundus (Smith, 1876)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus jucundus

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus scutulatus

Citations

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