• [Misspelled as keihikoi by Azuma, 1951: 89; Azuma, 1953: 5; Azuma, 1977a: 116.]
• Yamane et al., 2022: 194 (m.); Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023c: 22 (s.m.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925d: 118.
• Subspecies of Camponotus caryae: Azuma, 1951: 89; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 234; Azuma, 1953: 5; Onoyama, 1980a: 201.
• Status as species: Terayama & Satoh, 1990b: 532; Morisita et al., 1991: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 106; Radchenko, 1997c: 704; Terayama, 1999b: 30 (in key); Imai et al., 2003: 37; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28; Yamane et al., 2022: 192; Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023c: 17 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Camponotus teranishii: Terayama & Satoh, 1990b: 532; Bolton, 1995b: 106; Imai et al., 2003: 37; Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023c: 17.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus teranishii Wheeler, 1928
  Obsolete combination(s): Camponotus caryae teranishii

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus fallax keihitoi

Citations

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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dhadwal, T.; Bharti, H. 2023c. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901:1-51. 10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317 PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913f. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 21:659-673. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
• Morisita, M.; Kubota, M.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K.; Terayama, M.; Yamauchi, K.; Sonobe, R.; Kondoh, M.; Imai, H. T. 1991. A guide for the identification of Japanese ants. II. Dolichoderinae and Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [In Japanese.]. Tokyo: Myrmecological Society of Japan, 56 pp.
• Onoyama, K. 1980a. An introduction to the ant fauna of Japan, with a check list (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Kontyû 48:193-212. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 1997c. Review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Asian Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 76:703-711.
• Terayama, M. 1999b. The ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1:25-48. PDF
• Terayama, M.; Satoh, T. 1990b. Taxonomic notes on two Japanese species of Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Japanese Journal of Entomology 58:532. PDF
• Yamane, S.; Hosoishi, S.; Kawamura, K. 2022. Notes on Camponotus keihitoi Forel, 1913, a Japanese carpenter ant with metapleural glands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 28 (2):191-197. PDF