• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 5.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1914a: 268.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Bruch, 1914: 228.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Emery, 1920b: 255.
• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 78.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 51; Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1863a: 398; Mayr, 1886c: 364; Dalla Torre, 1893: 228; Emery, 1895k: 18; Emery, 1896j: 375 (in list); Emery, 1903: 69; Emery, 1906c: 191; Forel, 1907h: 10; Bruch, 1914: 228; Emery, 1925d: 78; Donisthorpe, 1933d: 538; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 101; Menozzi, 1935c: 329; Kusnezov, 1952f: 209; Kusnezov, 1953b: 112 (in key); Kusnezov, 1960b: 397; Kempf, 1970a: 33; Kempf, 1972b: 67; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 120; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 96; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 112.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus distinguendus santacruziana: Kusnezov, 1960b: 397; Bolton, 1995b: 96.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus distinguendus tenuipubens: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 120; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 96.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus distinguendus santacruziana Emery, 1906
• Camponotus distinguendus tenuipubens Santschi, 1916

Obsolete combinations

• Formica distinguenda

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