• Lectotype designation: Snelling, 2006: 89.
• Snelling, 2006: 91 (q.)
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267.
• Subspecies of Camponotus fumidus: Emery, 1895d: 336 (in text); Emery, 1896j: 372 (in list); Forel, 1901d: 135; Wheeler, 1905c: 134; Wheeler, 1910g: 315; Wheeler, 1910a: 571; Wheeler, 1917a: 561; Emery, 1925d: 80; Smith, 1951c: 843; Kempf, 1972b: 67.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus festinatus: Snelling, 1968b: 351; Smith, 1979: 1428; Snelling & George, 1979: 183; Bolton, 1995b: 100.
• Status as species: Forel, 1899b: 133; Forel, 1901j: 371; Snelling, 2006: 89 (redescription).

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