• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 103.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus pallidiceps: Wheeler, 1933b: 23.
• Subspecies of Camponotus nigriceps: Emery, 1925d: 103; Clark, 1934c: 71; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 117; Taylor, 1987a: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
• Status as species: McArthur & Adams, 1996: 20; McArthur, 2007b: 307; Heterick, 2009: 63; McArthur, 2010: 34; McArthur, 2014: 80.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus nigriceps clarior

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Clark, J. 1934c. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8:48-73. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
• McArthur, A. J. 2007b. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:290-351. PDF
• McArthur, A. J. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, IV + 121 pp.
• McArthur, A. J. 2014. A guide to Camponotus ants of Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 185 pp.
• McArthur, A. J.; Adams, M. 1996. A morphological and molecular revision of the Camponotus nigriceps group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10:1-46. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1933b. Mermis parasitism in some Australian and Mexican ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 40:20-31. PDF