• Smith, 1862d: 409 (s.); Emery, 1890c: 74 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b: 155 (l.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1915g: 192.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Kempf, 1951: 169; Kempf, 1958a: 60.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Kugler, 1978a: 474.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 194.
• Status as species: Klug, 1824: 203; Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 426; Smith, 1853: 221; Smith, 1858a: 190; Smith, 1862d: 409; Mayr, 1862: 764; Smith, 1862b: 35; Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Mayr, 1884: 38; Emery, 1890b: 68; Emery, 1890c: 74; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Emery, 1894l: 59; Forel, 1895b: 134; Forel, 1899b: 50; Forel, 1899j: 273; Forel, 1905e: 158; Wheeler, 1905c: 128; Forel, 1906d: 234; Forel, 1907h: 3; Forel, 1908a: 69; Wheeler, 1908a: 144; Forel, 1909a: 257; Forel, 1911g: 260; Forel, 1912f: 201; Bruch, 1914: 218; Crawley, 1916b: 371; Mann, 1916: 450; Luederwaldt, 1918: 41; Wheeler, 1918b: 26; Mann, 1922: 34; Emery, 1924f: 307; Borgmeier, 1927c: 116; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Wheeler, 1933a: 63; Wheeler, 1942: 209; Kempf, 1951: 169 (redescription); Kempf, 1958a: 60; Kempf, 1958d: 110; Kempf, 1961b: 514; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 194 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 32; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 116; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 912; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes cognatus: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 195; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes exiguus: Kempf, 1958d: 110; Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 195; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes quadrimaculatus: Emery, 1890b: 68; Emery, 1890c: 74; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Forel, 1895b: 134; Forel, 1899b: 50; Forel, 1911g: 260; Emery, 1924f: 307; Borgmeier, 1927c: 116; Kempf, 1951: 169; Kempf, 1972b: 178; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 194; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes volxemi: Emery, 1890b: 68; Emery, 1890c: 74; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Forel, 1899b: 50; Emery, 1924f: 307; Borgmeier, 1927c: 116; Kempf, 1951: 169; Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 194; Oliveira et al., 2021: 42 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes cognatus (Smith, 1862)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus cognatus
• Cephalotes exiguus (Smith, 1867)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus exiguus
• Cephalotes quadrimaculatus (Klug, 1824)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus quadrimaculatus
• Cephalotes volxemi (Emery, 1878)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus volxemi

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus minutus

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