• Hypocryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cryptocerini: Wheeler, 1922: 665; Wheeler, 1936c: 200; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 652.
• Hypocryptocerus in Myrmicinae, Cephalotini: Kempf, 1951: 143; Kempf, 1972b: 120.
• Hypocryptocerus as subgenus of Cryptocerus: Wheeler, 1920: 53; Wheeler, 1922: 665; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 652.
• Hypocryptocerus as genus: Wheeler, 1936c: 200; Kempf, 1951: 143; Kempf, 1972b: 120; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.
• Hypocryptocerus as junior synonym of Zacryptocerus: Kempf, 1973c: 460; Smith, 1979: 1402; Brandão, 1991: 347; Bolton, 1995b: 31.
• Hypocryptocerus as junior synonym of Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 59; Bolton, 2003: 195.

Obsolete classifications

• Cryptocerus (Hypocryptocerus)

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1973c. A new Zacryptocerus from Brazil, with remarks on the generic classification of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 16:449-462. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1936c. Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80:195-211. PDF