• Kempf, 1958a: 98 (q.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 684 (w.q.m.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 94.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 684.
• Junior synonym of Cephalotes conspersus: Kempf, 1958d: 108; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 427.
• Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 141; Forel, 1904e: 175; Emery, 1924f: 310; Borgmeier, 1927c: 119; Kempf, 1958a: 94 (redescription); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 684 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 32; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 914; Oliveira et al., 2021: 8 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes denticulatus: Kempf, 1958a: 94; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 684; Oliveira et al., 2021: 8 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes denticulatus (Emery, 1894)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus denticulatus

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus targionii

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
• Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 26:137-241. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
• Forel, A. 1904e. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 48:168-177. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1958a. New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
• Kempf, W. W. 1958d. Synonymic note on ants of the genus Paracryptocerus Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 69:108-110. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF
• Sandoval-Gómez, V. E.; Sánchez-Restrepo, A. F. 2019. Género Cephalotes. Capítulo 29. Pp. 899-915 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF