Basiceros Schulz, 1906: 156

Ulysséa, Mônica Antunes, Prado, Lívia P. & Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., 2015, Type specimens of the traditional Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant tribes deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil: Adelomyrmecini, Basicerotini, Blepharidatt ini, Crematogastrini, Formicoxenini, Lenomyrmecini, Myrmicini, Phalacromyrmecini, Pheidolini, Stegomyrmecini, Stenammini and Tetramoriini, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 55 (12), pp. 175-204 : 179

Genus Basiceros Schulz, 1906: 156

Basiceros manni Brown & Kempf, 1960: 177 . Paratypes: 1G 4W, COSTA RICA, Santa Clara, Hamburg Farm, 1924, F. Nevermann col. One worker missing L2, L3. Paratypes: 3W, C[ OSTA] R [ ICA], Colombiana [Columbiana Farm], iii.1920, W.M. Mann col.

Creightonidris scambognatha Brown, 1949a: 89 . Holotype: 1G, [ BRAZIL], Goyás [Goiás], Campinas, x.[1]935, Schwarzmaier [leg.]. Missing L3, W1. Combination in Basiceros by Fernández, 2003c: 392; Feitosa, Brandão & Dietz, 2007: 19.

Basiceros squamifer Borgmeier, 1937: 245 . Syntypes: 24W, Cotypes[Syntypes]: 2G 3W, [ BRAZIL], RJ [Rio de Janeiro], Angra dos Reis, Jussaral, 30.x.1935, [H.S.] Lopes & [H.] Lent [cols.]. Coll. Borgm. #5510. One worker with disarticulated head. Junior synonym of Basiceros convexiceps ( Mayr, 1887: 581) by Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172.