Cephalotes nilpiei De Andrade, 1999b: 381, figs. 169, 170 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nac. de Itatiaia, 950-1000 m., 15.xii.1966 (H. Reichardt). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0084944. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paratype soldiers, 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type specimens: MZSP0084945, MZSP0084946, MZSP0084947, MZSP0084948. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite holotype worker, 2 paratype soldiers, 9 paratype workers in MZSP.