• Norton, 1868c: 9 (s.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 314 (q.m.)
• Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951: 224.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Hespenheide, 1986: 395.
• Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 326; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 311.
• Status as species: Norton, 1868c: 9; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Forel, 1899b: 50; Emery, 1924f: 309; Borgmeier, 1937b: 244; Kempf, 1951: 224 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 311 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257.
• Senior synonym of Cephalotes gibbosus: Emery, 1892c: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 143; Emery, 1896g: 37; Forel, 1899b: 50; Emery, 1924f: 308; Kempf, 1951: 224; Kempf, 1972b: 179; Brandão, 1991: 387; Bolton, 1995b: 426; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 311.

Junior synonyms

• Cephalotes gibbosus (Smith, 1876)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptocerus gibbosus

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus multispinosus

Citations

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