• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Wheeler, 1917a: 560.
• Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Emery, 1925d: 75.
• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Creighton, 1950a: 377.
• Subspecies of Camponotus sansabeanus: Emery, 1925d: 75.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus maccooki: Creighton, 1950a: 377.
• Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Snelling, 1970: 396.

Citations

• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
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• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
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• Snelling, R. R. 1970. Studies on California ants, 5. Revisionary notes on some species of Camponotus, subgenus Tanaemyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72:390-397. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1910g. The North American ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20:295-354. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF
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