• Emery, 1894d: 202 (s.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 213.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 385.
• Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 326; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 317.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 190; Smith, 1862d: 409; Mayr, 1863a: 405; Roger, 1863b: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 142; Emery, 1894d: 202; Forel, 1895b: 133; Mann, 1916: 450; Emery, 1924f: 308; Wheeler, 1925a: 36; Borgmeier, 1927c: 117; Kempf, 1951: 213 (redescription); Kempf, 1960e: 397; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 317 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 115; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 911; Oliveira et al., 2021: 24 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes cordatus boliviensis: Kempf, 1951: 213; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 318; Oliveira et al., 2021: 24 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes cordatus boliviensis (Santschi, 1921)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus cordatus boliviensis

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus cordatus

Citations

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