• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 192 (l.).
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
• Combination in Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex): Santschi, 1915c: 264; Wheeler, 1922: 975.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925d: 142.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmopelta): Santschi, 1921f: 311; Santschi, 1926a: 17.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 422; Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 257; Emery, 1898a: 227; Santschi, 1915c: 264; Wheeler, 1922: 247, 975; Arnold, 1924: 718; Emery, 1925d: 142; Menozzi, 1926a: 41; Santschi, 1926a: 17; Santschi, 1926c: 603; Menozzi, 1933a: 112; Santschi, 1937b: 104; Santschi, 1939c: 10; Santschi, 1939f: 167; Weber, 1943d: 338; Bernard, 1953b: 262; Bolton, 1995b: 129; McArthur, 2012: 138; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 206.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus laboriosa: Mayr, 1863a: 422; Emery, 1898a: 227; Wheeler, 1922: 975; Emery, 1925d: 142; Santschi, 1926a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 129.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus laboriosa (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica laboriosa

Obsolete combinations

• Formica vivida

Citations

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