• Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 232.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 385.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 697.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 142; Forel, 1895b: 133; Kempf, 1951: 232; Kempf, 1958d: 108 (redescription); Kempf, 1960f: 443 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 697 (redescription); Guerrero et al., 2018: 240; Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019: 911; Oliveira et al., 2021: 8 (in list).
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes denticulatus variegata: Kempf, 1958d: 108; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 425; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 697; Oliveira et al., 2021: 8 (in list).

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes denticulatus variegata (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus denticulatus variegata

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus conspersus

Citations

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• Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF
• Sandoval-Gómez, V. E.; Sánchez-Restrepo, A. F. 2019. Género Cephalotes. Capítulo 29. Pp. 899-915 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
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