• Smith, 1858a: 14 (q.m.); Kumbkarni, 1965: 305 (k.)
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 98.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Santschi, 1929g: 165.
• Subspecies of Camponotus rubripes: Forel, 1886h: 143, 150; Emery, 1889: 510.
• Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1892k: 240; Emery, 1893m: 226, 241 (footnote); Emery, 1895m: 477; Emery, 1896j: 371 (in list); Emery, 1901h: 121; Ruzsky, 1905b: 206; Forel, 1907d: 31; Forel, 1909k: 396; Wheeler, 1919f: 108; Teranishi, 1940: 68.
• Status as species: Gmelin, 1790: 2797; Olivier, 1792: 491; Fabricius, 1793: 350; Latreille, 1802a: 111; Fabricius, 1804: 396; Latreille, 1809: 126; Lamarck, 1817: 95; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 214; Smith, 1857a: 53; Smith, 1858a: 13; Smith, 1861a: 32; Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1863a: 398; Smith, 1865a: 68; Mayr, 1865: 33; Smith, 1871a: 303; Smith, 1873: viii; Forel, 1879a: 89; André, 1882b: 144 (in key); Rothney, 1889: 348; Dalla Torre, 1893: 225; Rothney, 1903: 99; Bingham, 1903: 351; Emery, 1920d: 6, 10 (in key); Stitz, 1925c: 124; Emery, 1925d: 98; Arnold, 1926: 294; Wheeler, 1927g: 114; Santschi, 1929g: 165; Mukerjee, 1930: 158; Mukerjee, 1934: 9; Santschi, 1936c: 207; Santschi, 1939d: 78; Finzi, 1940: 163; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 458; Donisthorpe, 1943b: 203; Bernard, 1950c: 292; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 244; Baltazar, 1966: 273; Pisarski, 1967a: 414; Collingwood, 1970b: 381; Pisarski, 1970a: 322; Bolton, 1995b: 93; Tang et al., 1995: 115; Radchenko, 1996e: 1201 (in key); Collingwood et al., 1997: 510; Radchenko, 1997d: 807; Tiwari, 1999: 69; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 353; Ghosh et al., 2005: 12; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 57; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Collingwood et al., 2011: 448; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 36; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 67; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 473; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 8 (in key); Borowiec, 2014: 29 (see note in bibliography); Bharti et al., 2016: 24; Rasheed et al., 2019: 429; Dias et al., 2020: 31.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus callida: Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1863a: 398; Mayr, 1865: 33; Forel, 1886h: 143; Forel, 1892k: 240; Emery, 1925d: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 93.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus indefessa: Jerdon, 1851: 119; Jerdon, 1854b: 103; Smith, 1858a: 14; Mayr, 1863a: 398; Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1865: 33; Forel, 1886h: 143; Forel, 1892k: 240; Dalla Torre, 1893: 225; Emery, 1896j: 371; Wheeler, 1919f: 108; Emery, 1925d: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 93.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus quadrilaterus: Forel, 1892k: 240; Dalla Torre, 1893: 226; Emery, 1896j: 371; Wheeler, 1919f: 108; Emery, 1925d: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 93.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus callida (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica callida
• Camponotus indefessa (Sykes, 1835)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica indefessa
• Camponotus quadrilaterus Roger, 1863

Obsolete combinations

• Formica compressa

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