• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 202.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 386.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 266.
• Subspecies of Cephalotes complanatus: Emery, 1890c: 75
• Junior synonym of Cephalotes complanatus: Roger, 1861b: 173; Mayr, 1863a: 405; Roger, 1863b: 39; Emery, 1890c: 75; Dalla Torre, 1893: 142; Emery, 1924f: 307; Borgmeier, 1927c: 115.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 190; Smith, 1862d: 409; Kempf, 1951: 202 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 177; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 266 (redescription); Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 911.
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes silvae: Kempf, 1951: 202; Kempf, 1972b: 177; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 266.

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes silvae (Forel, 1906)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus silvae

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus femoralis

Citations

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