• [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 107.]
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1912j: 91.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 16; Mayr, 1863a: 420; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, 1871a: 303; Forel, 1892k: 237; Dalla Torre, 1893: 250; Mayr, 1893b: 195; Emery, 1893h: 252; Forel, 1895e: 227; Emery, 1895i: 48 (in key); Emery, 1896j: 372 (in list); Mayr, 1897: 432; Bingham, 1903: 363; Mayr, 1907b: 20; Forel, 1908b: 6; Forel, 1911c: 227; Karavaiev, 1911b: 12; Forel, 1913l: 129; Wheeler, 1921c: 545; Wheeler, 1922: 246, 966; Wheeler, 1923c: 6; Arnold, 1924: 689; Emery, 1925d: 105; Wheeler, 1927g: 115; Menozzi, 1930h: 328; Mukerjee, 1930: 159; Finzi, 1936: 190; Finzi, 1939a: 160; Finzi, 1940: 164; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 458; Weber, 1943d: 336; Donisthorpe, 1943b: 204; Arnold, 1947: 136; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 238; Cagniant, 1964: 91; Collingwood, 1970b: 381; Barquín, 1981: 411; Bolton, 1995b: 121; Tiwari, 1999: 70; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 354; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 15; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 109; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 38; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 205; Borowiec, 2014: 40 (see note in bibliography); Bharti et al., 2016: 25; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 28; Dias et al., 2020: 36; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 45.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus redtenbacheri: Forel, 1892k: 237; Emery, 1896j: 372; Bingham, 1903: 363; Emery, 1925d: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 121; Tiwari, 1999: 70; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 109.
• [Note: Collingwood, 1978: 72, lists Camponotus micans as senior synonym of Camponotus rufoglaucus. In error because, (i) Camponotus rufoglaucus has priority, (ii) the two have never otherwise been considered synonymous, either before or after 1978.]

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus redtenbacheri Mayr, 1862

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rufoglauca

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