• [Misspelled as owerbecki by Emery, 1925d: 116.]
• Combination in Camponotus (Karavaievia): Emery, 1925d: 116
• Subspecies of Camponotus dolichoderoides: Emery, 1925d: 116; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 229.
• Status as species: Dumpert, 1986: 567; Bolton, 1995b: 116; Dumpert et al., 1995: 104 (in key); Dumpert et al., 2006: 78 (in key) ; McArthur, 2012: 176.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus dolichoderoides overbecki

Citations

• 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
• Dumpert, K. 1986 ("1985"). Camponotus (Karavaievia) texens sp. n. and C. (K.) gombaki sp. n. from Malaysia in comparison with other Karavaievia species (Formicidae: Formicinae). Psyche (Cambridge) 92:557-573.
• Dumpert, K.; Maschwitz, U.; Weissflog, A. 2006. Description of five new weaver ant species of Camponotus subgenus Karavaievia Emery, 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Malaysia and Thailand, with contribution to their biology, especially to colony foundation. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:69-82. PDF
• Dumpert, K.; Maschwitz, U.; Weissflog, A.; Rosciszewski, K.; Azarae, I. 1995. Six new weaver ant species from Malaysia: Camponotus (Karavaievia) striatipes, C. (K.) melanus, C. (K.) nigripes, C. (K.) belumensis, C. (K.) gentingensis, and C. (K.) micragyne. Malaysian Journal of Science. Series A. Life Sciences 16:87-105.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• McArthur, A. J. 2012. A guide to Colobopsis ants of the world. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 234 pp.
• Viehmeyer, H. 1916a ("1915"). Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168. PDF