• Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1951: 187.
• Forel, 1911g: 260 (s.); Kempf, 1951: 187 (q.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1915g: 192.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 187.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 388.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 220.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 39; Smith, 1867: 526; Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Emery, 1894d: 203; Forel, 1895b: 134; Forel, 1901m: 50; Wheeler, 1916c: 11; Mann, 1916: 450; Wheeler, 1918b: 26; Wheeler, 1922e: 11; Emery, 1924f: 307; Borgmeier, 1927c: 117; Kempf, 1951: 187 (redescription); Kempf, 1964b: 254; Kempf, 1967e: 361; Kempf, 1972b: 180; Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 220 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 116; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 914; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes laminatus peruvianus: Kempf, 1967e: 361; Kempf, 1972b: 180; Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 220; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes punctatus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Emery, 1924f: 308; Borgmeier, 1927c: 117; Kempf, 1951: 187; Kempf, 1972b: 180; Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 220; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes laminatus peruvianus (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus laminatus peruvianus
• Cephalotes punctatus (Mayr, 1862)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus punctatus

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus spinosus

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