• Klug, 1824: 211 (q.); Emery, 1890c: 72 (s.); Forel, 1899d: 51 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b: 157 (l.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Smith, 1949c: 20.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Hespenheide, 1986: 395.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 368.
• Status as species: Klug, 1824: 210; Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 426; Smith, 1853: 219; Smith, 1858a: 192; Smith, 1862d: 411; Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Emery, 1890c: 72; Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Emery, 1894l: 61; Forel, 1895b: 135; Forel, 1899b: 51; Forel, 1912f: 199; Mann, 1916: 449; Wheeler, 1922e: 11; Wheeler, 1923a: 4; Emery, 1924f: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c: 119; Borgmeier, 1937b: 244; Smith, 1949c: 20; Kempf, 1958a: 142 (redescription); Kempf, 1959a: 98; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Brandão, 1991: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 368 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 116; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 914; Oliveira et al., 2021: 45 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes elegans: Emery, 1890c: 72; Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Emery, 1894l: 61; Forel, 1895b: 135; Forel, 1899b: 51; Emery, 1924f: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c: 119; Kempf, 1958a: 142; Kempf, 1959a: 98; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Brandão, 1991: 389; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 368; Oliveira et al., 2021: 45 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes flavomaculatus: Emery, 1890c: 72; Dalla Torre, 1893: 145; Emery, 1894l: 61; Forel, 1899b: 51; Emery, 1924f: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c: 119; Kempf, 1958a: 142; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Brandão, 1991: 389; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 368; Oliveira et al., 2021: 45 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes quadriguttatus: Emery, 1890c: 72; Dalla Torre, 1893: 144; Emery, 1894l: 61; Forel, 1895b: 135; Forel, 1899b: 51; Emery, 1924f: 309; Borgmeier, 1927c: 119; Kempf, 1958a: 142; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Brandão, 1991: 389; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 368; Oliveira et al., 2021: 45 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes elegans (Smith, 1853)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus elegans
• Cephalotes flavomaculatus (Mayr, 1862)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus flavomaculatus
• Cephalotes quadriguttatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus quadriguttatus

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus umbraculatus

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