• Lectotype designation: MacKay, 2025: 380.
• [Misspelled as novogrenadensis by Wheeler, 1916c: 14; Wheeler, 1942: 257.]
• Emery, 1906c: 191 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 192 (l.); MacKay, 2025: 379 (q.), 380 (m.)
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912j: 90.
• Combination in Camponotus (Neomyrmamblys): Santschi, 1921f: 311.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925d: 156; MacKay, 2025: 368.
• Status as species: Forel, 1879a: 87; Mayr, 1884: 30; Emery, 1888c: 364; Emery, 1890c: 56; Dalla Torre, 1893: 245; Emery, 1894l: 62; Forel, 1895b: 103; Emery, 1896j: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899b: 149; Forel, 1902b: 171; Emery, 1903: 72; Emery, 1906c: 191; Forel, 1906d: 249; Forel, 1908c: 71; Forel, 1911e: 310; Forel, 1912j: 81; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 349; Wheeler, 1916c: 14; Mann, 1916: 479; Luederwaldt, 1918: 49; Mann, 1922: 53; Wheeler, 1922e: 16; Wheeler, 1923a: 5; Emery, 1925d: 156; Borgmeier, 1927c: 153; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 404; Borgmeier, 1934: 111; Wheeler, 1942: 257; Kempf, 1961b: 523; Kempf, 1970b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 114; Wild, 2007b: 28; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 113; Deyrup, 2017: 195; Mackay & MacKay, 2019: 764; MacKay, 2025: 368 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Camponotus iridis: MacKay, 2025: 368.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus novogranadensis modestior: MacKay, 2025: 368.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus nywet: MacKay, 2025: 368.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus iridis Santschi, 1922
• Camponotus novogranadensis modestior Forel, 1904
• Camponotus nywet Bolton, 1995

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