• Creighton, 1951: 58 (w.q.); MacKay, 2025: 220 (w.q.), 221 (m.)
• Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Forel, 1914a: 272.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1920b: 259.
• Combination in Camponotus (Manniella): Emery, 1925d: 160.
• Combination in Camponotus (Hypercolobopsis): Mackay & MacKay, 2018: 25.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus): Creighton, 1951: 57; MacKay, 2025: 212.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1917a: 562; Emery, 1925d: 160; Cole, 1937b: 140; Creighton, 1950a: 402; Smith, 1951c: 847; Creighton, 1951: 57 (redescription); Creighton, 1953d: 82; Smith, 1958c: 146; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Smith, 1979: 1434; Bolton, 1995b: 128; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 308; McArthur, 2012: 128; MacKay, 2025: 212.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus bruesi: Creighton, 1951: 53 (in text); Smith, 1958c: 146; Smith, 1979: 1434; Bolton, 1995b: 128; MacKay, 2025: 212.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus bruesi Wheeler, 1910

Citations

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