• Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 209 (w.q.m.); Mayr, 1855: 308 (w.q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 185 (l.).
• Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1861: 36; in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 259.
• See also: Tarbinsky, 1976: 148; Kutter, 1977c: 204; Collingwood, 1979: 90; Smith, 1979: 1426; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 210.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus atra, Camponotus intermedia: Nylander, 1846a: 894; of Camponotus castanea: Mayr, 1863a: 399; of Camponotus whymperi: Creighton, 1950a: 367; of Camponotus herculeanus nadigi: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 30; of Camponotus montanus, Camponotus herculeanus shitkowi: Emery, 1925d: 72; Karavaiev, 1936: 178; Arnol'di, 1967: 1819; of Camponotus herculeanus caucasicus: Arakelian, 1994: 85; of Camponotus herculeanus eudokiae: Radchenko, 1997b: 555.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus altaica: Schär et al., 2018: 6.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus jacuticus: Schär et al., 2018: 6.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus sachalinensis: Schär et al., 2018: 6.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus atra (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Camponotus castanea (Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835)
• Camponotus herculeanus altaica Ruzsky, 1926
• Camponotus herculeanus caucasicus Arnol'di, 1967
• Camponotus herculeanus eudokiae Ruzsky, 1926
• Camponotus herculeanus jacuticus Karavaiev, 1929
• Camponotus herculeanus montanus Ruzsky, 1904
• Camponotus herculeanus nadigi Menozzi, 1922
• Camponotus herculeanus sachalinensis Forel, 1904
• Camponotus herculeanus shitkowi Ruzsky, 1904
• Camponotus intermedia (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Camponotus whymperi Forel, 1902

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