• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 416; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, 1871a: 304.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus ardens: Mayr, 1886c: 353.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus angusticollis: Forel, 1892k: 235; Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896j: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, 1919f: 106; Emery, 1925d: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Tiwari, 1999: 68; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 37.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica impetuosa

Citations

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