Taxonomic history
| De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 251 (q.). |
| Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1924f PDF: 307; in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951 PDF: 196; in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991 PDF: 388; in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 247. |
| Raised to species: Kempf, 1967e PDF: 362. |