• [Misspelled as masculatus by Mann, 1922: 34.]
• Emery, 1894d: 208 (s.w.); Forel, 1905e: 158 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b: 156 (l.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1952: 18.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Hespenheide, 1986: 395.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 375.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Emery, 1894d: 208; Forel, 1895b: 133; Forel, 1899b: 50; Forel, 1905e: 158; Forel, 1911g: 258; Forel, 1912f: 201; Forel, 1914d: 281; Bruch, 1915: 530; Wheeler, 1916c: 11; Mann, 1916: 450; Crawley, 1916b: 372; Wheeler, 1918b: 26; Mann, 1922: 34; Wheeler, 1922e: 11; Emery, 1924f: 311; Borgmeier, 1927c: 118; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Menozzi, 1927d: 336; Kempf, 1952: 18 (redescription); Kusnezov, 1953c: 338; Kempf, 1958a: 18; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Kempf, 1974a: 73 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 375 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 32; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 116; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 912; Oliveira et al., 2021: 36 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes grandinosus magdalenensis: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 375; Oliveira et al., 2021: 36 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes maculatus nanus: Kempf, 1952: 19; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 375; Oliveira et al., 2021: 36 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes grandinosus magdalenensis (Forel, 1899)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus grandinosus magdalenensis
• Cephalotes maculatus nanus (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus maculatus nanus

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus maculatus

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