• Emery, 1890c: 73 (s.w.q.); Kempf, 1951: 224 (s.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 327 (s.q.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 222.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 387.
• Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 326; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 325.

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus pavonii

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1998b. The number of castes in ants, where major is smaller than minor and queens wear the shield of the soldiers. Insectes Sociaux 45:315-333.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
• Emery, C. 1890c. Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 22:38-80. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 22:1-244. PDF
• Latreille, P. A. 1809. Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicata. Tomus 4. Parisiis et Argentorati [= Paris and Strasbourg]: A. Koenig, 399 pp. PDF