• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272.
• Combination in Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis): Snelling, 1988: 57.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925d: 118; Mackay & MacKay, 1997b: 328.
• Subspecies of Camponotus nitidus Norton, 1868: Emery, 1893m: 245 (footnote).
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 243; Emery, 1896j: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899b: 154; Emery, 1925d: 118; Kempf, 1972b: 47; Brandão, 1991: 332; Bolton, 1995b: 112; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; Mackay & MacKay, 1997b: 328 (redescription); Snelling, 2000: 608.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus nitidus nuperus: Mackay & MacKay, 1997b: 328

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus nitidus nuperus Wheeler, 1914

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus nitidus montivagus

Citations

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