• [Also described as new by Spinola, 1853: 65.]
• De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 141 (q.m.)
• Combination in Cephalotes: Emery, 1914b: 39.
• Combination in Eucryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 130.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 141.
• Status as species: Smith, 1853: 216; Smith, 1858a: 188; Smith, 1862d: 408; Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Mayr, 1884: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Forel, 1895b: 134; Forel, 1912f: 199; Emery, 1914b: 39; Wheeler, 1916c: 11; Mann, 1916: 449; Wheeler, 1918b: 26; Santschi, 1920f: 149 (in key); Wheeler, 1923a: 4; Emery, 1924f: 304; Borgmeier, 1927c: 115; Borgmeier, 1937b: 242; Kempf, 1951: 130 (redescription); Kempf, 1970b: 335; Kempf, 1972b: 107; Bolton, 1995b: 189; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 141 (redescription); Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227; Oliveira et al., 2021: 19 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes aethiops: Smith, 1858a: 188; Smith, 1862d: 408; Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Forel, 1895b: 134; Emery, 1924f: 304; Borgmeier, 1937b: 242; Kempf, 1951: 130; Kempf, 1972b: 107; Bolton, 1995b: 189; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 141; Oliveira et al., 2021: 19 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes aethiops (Smith, 1853)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus aethiops

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus oculatus

Citations

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