• Lowne, 1865a: 277 (w.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b: 650 (l.)
• Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 663.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925d: 111.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 663 (redescription); Mayr, 1863a: 400; Roger, 1863b: 44; Lowne, 1865a: 277; Mayr, 1876: 60 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 244; Emery, 1896j: 373 (in list); Forel, 1907d: 34; Forel, 1910b: 74; Emery, 1925d: 111; Clark, 1929b: 123; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 117; Taylor, 1987a: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 113; McArthur, 2007b: 324; McArthur, 2009: 283 (redescription); McArthur, 2010: 90; McArthur, 2014: 70.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus nigroaeneus divus: McArthur, 2009: 283.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus nigroaeneus divus Forel, 1907

Obsolete combinations

• Formica nigroaenea

Citations

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