• Mann, 1916: 451 (s.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 257 (q.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1915g: 192.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 193.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 385.
• Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 320.
• Status as species: Smith, 1853: 221; Smith, 1858a: 191; Smith, 1862d: 410; Mayr, 1863a: 405; Roger, 1863b: 39; Mayr, 1884: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 142; Forel, 1899j: 273; Emery, 1915g: 192; Mann, 1916: 451 (redescription); Emery, 1924f: 307; Borgmeier, 1927c: 115; Wheeler, 1942: 209; Kempf, 1951: 193 (redescription); Kempf, 1959a: 96 (redescription); Kempf, 1964b: 254; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 253 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 115; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 911; Oliveira et al., 2021: 21 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes multispinus amazonensis: Kempf, 1951: 193; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 253; Oliveira et al., 2021: 21 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes angulatus: Emery, 1924f: 307; Borgmeier, 1927c: 115; Kempf, 1951: 193; Kempf, 1959a: 96; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 253; Oliveira et al., 2021: 21 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes angulatus (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus angulatus
• Cephalotes multispinus amazonensis (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus multispinus amazonensis

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus complanatus

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