• Smith, 1947a: 38 (q.m.); Creighton & Gregg, 1954: 51 (q.)
• Combination in Cryptocerus (Cryptocerus): Smith, 1947a: 37.
• Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Smith, 1951c: 825.
• Combination in Zacryptocerus: Smith, 1979: 1403.
• Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 591.
• Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 310; Smith, 1947a: 37 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 297; Smith, 1951c: 825; Creighton & Gregg, 1954: 51; Kempf, 1958a: 123; Smith, 1958c: 135; Smith, 1967a: 360; Smith, 1979: 1403; Bolton, 1995b: 427; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 591 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus texanus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Creighton, W. S.; Gregg, R. E. 1954. Studies on the habits and distribution of Cryptocerus texanus Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 61:41-57. PDF
• De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1958a. New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
• Santschi, F. 1915b. Deux Cryptocerus nouveaux (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1915:207-209. PDF
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1947a. Ants of the genus Cryptocerus F., in the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49:29-40. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF