• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 103.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus pallidiceps: Wheeler, 1933b: 23.
• Revived from synonymy as subspecies of Camponotus nigriceps: Clark, 1934c: 71; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 117.
• Raised to species: McArthur & Adams, 1996: 20.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus nigriceps clarior

Citations

• Clark, J. 1934c. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8:48-73. PDF
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• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
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• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
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• 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
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• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1933b. Mermis parasitism in some Australian and Mexican ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 40:20-31. PDF
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