• [Also described as new by Emery, 1894h: 384 (footnote).]
• [Misspelled as iheringii by Forel, 1895b: 141, and others.]
• Kempf, 1958a: 54 (q.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 632 (m.).
• Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kusnezov, 1953c: 338.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 50.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 386.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 626.
• Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 141; Santschi, 1912e: 529; Bruch, 1915: 530; Gallardo, 1915: 19; Emery, 1924f: 310; Borgmeier, 1927c: 118; Kusnezov, 1953c: 338; Kempf, 1958a: 50 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 178; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 626 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 31; Oliveira et al., 2021: 27 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes peltatus ellenriederi: Kempf, 1958a: 50; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 627; Oliveira et al., 2021: 27 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes peltatus: Kempf, 1958a: 50; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Brandão, 1991: 386; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 627; Oliveira et al., 2021: 27 (in list).
• Material of the unavailable names Cephalotes peltatus ellenriederi gaudens, Cephalotes peltatus ellenriederi jocans referred here by Kempf, 1958a: 50; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Brandão, 1991: 386.

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes peltatus (Emery, 1896)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus peltatus
• Cephalotes peltatus ellenriederi (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus peltatus ellenriederi

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus jheringi

Citations

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• Bruch, C. 1915. Suplemento al catálogo de los formícidos argentinos. I. (Addenda et corrigenda). Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:527-537. PDF
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• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kusnezov, N. 1953c. Lista de las hormigas de Tucumán con descripción de dos nuevos géneros (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 13:327-339. 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
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