• [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.
• 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. Error because, (i) Camponotus rufoglaucus has priority, (ii) the two have never otherwise been considered synonymous, either before or after 1978.].
• Current subspecies: nominal plus C. r. controversus, C. r. latericius, C. r. syphax, C. r. tenuis, C. r. zanzibaricus, C. r. zulu.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus redtenbacheri Mayr, 1862

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rufoglauca

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