• De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 468 (s.w.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus): Emery, 1924f: 311.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 467.
• Subspecies of Cephalotes pallens: Emery, 1894d: 213; Emery, 1924f: 311; Borgmeier, 1927c: 120.
• Junior synonym of Cephalotes pallens: Kempf, 1958a: 151; Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426.
• Status as species: Smith, 1867: 525; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Forel, 1895b: 134; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 467 (redescription); Oliveira et al., 2021: 34 (in list).

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus patellaris

Citations

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