• Emery, 1906c: 170 (s.q.m.); Forel, 1906d: 235 (q.m.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 355 (m.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 218; Kempf, 1958a: 15.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 385.
• Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 326; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 352.
• Junior synonym of Cephalotes pavonii: Roger, 1861b: 173; Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Forel, 1895b: 134.
• Status as species: Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 426; Smith, 1853: 219; Smith, 1858a: 192; Smith, 1862d: 410; Emery, 1894f: 4; Emery, 1906c: 170; Forel, 1906d: 235; Forel, 1911e: 297; Forel, 1912c: 81; Forel, 1912f: 199 (redescription); Bruch, 1914: 218; Mann, 1916: 450; Santschi, 1916e: 383; Luederwaldt, 1918: 40; Emery, 1924f: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c: 118; Kempf, 1951: 218 (redescription); Kempf, 1958a: 15; Kempf, 1972b: 177; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 352 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 31; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 116; Guerrero et al., 2018: 240; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 911; Oliveira et al., 2021: 24 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes depressus sorocabensis: Kempf, 1951: 218; Kempf, 1972b: 177; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 352; Oliveira et al., 2021: 24 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes depressus sorocabensis (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus depressus sorocabensis

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus depressus

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