• Emery, 1890c: 75 (s.q.); Emery, 1894d: 208 (s.); Forel, 1908: 354 (m.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 391 (m.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus): Santschi, 1916e: 283.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1952: 22.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 388.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 390.
• Status as species: Smith, 1853: 221; Smith, 1858a: 191; Smith, 1862d: 410; Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Emery, 1890b: 68; Emery, 1890c: 75; Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Emery, 1894d: 208; von Jhering, 1894: 385; Emery, 1894l: 61; Forel, 1895b: 134; Emery, 1906c: 171; Forel, 1908: 354; Forel, 1912f: 202; Bruch, 1914: 218; Santschi, 1916e: 383; Luederwaldt, 1918: 41; Emery, 1924f: 311; Borgmeier, 1927c: 119; Kempf, 1952: 22 (redescription); Kempf, 1958a: 19; Kempf, 1972b: 179; Kempf, 1974a: 73 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 390 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 32; Oliveira et al., 2021: 36 (in list).

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus pinelii

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