• Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1958a: 32.
• Kempf, 1958a: 30 (q.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 672 (m.).
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Santschi, 1919f: 45.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 28.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 386.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 667.
• Subspecies of Cephalotes pilosus: Mann, 1916: 451; Emery, 1924f: 310.
• Status as species: Kempf, 1958a: 28 (redescription); Kempf, 1964b: 254; Kempf, 1972b: 177; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 667 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 31; Oliveira et al., 2021: 27 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes guttifer: Kempf, 1958a: 28; Kempf, 1972b: 177; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 668; Oliveira et al., 2021: 27 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes guttifer (Santschi, 1919)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus guttifer

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus pilosus fiebrigi

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50:225-249. PDF
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• Kempf, W. W. 1964b. Additions to the knowledge of the Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 16:243-255. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:399-490. PDF
• Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 87:37-57. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF