• Kempf, 1952: 16 (q.); Kempf, 1974a: 71 (s.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus): Santschi, 1921h: 125.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1952: 15; Kempf, 1958a: 18.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Kempf, 1974a: 71.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 420.
• Status as species: Bruch, 1914: 218; Santschi, 1921h: 125; Emery, 1924f: 310; Kempf, 1952: 15 (redescription); Kempf, 1958a: 18; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Kempf, 1974a: 71; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 420 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 31; Oliveira et al., 2021: 36 (in list).

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus incertus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:211-234. 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. 1906c ("1905"). Studi sulle formiche della fauna Neotropica. XXXVII. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37 (1905):107-194. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
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• Kempf, W. W. 1958a. New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1974a. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on some Neotropical Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 18:67-76. 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. 1921h. Quelques nouveaux Cryptocerus de l'Argentine et pays voisins. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 92:124-128. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF