• Colobopsis in Formicinae: Mayr, 1861: 38 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1862: 652 (in key) [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 7 [Formicidae].
• Colobopsis in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c: 368 [Camponotidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449 [Camponotidae].
• Colobopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1886h: 193; Emery, 1895l: 772; Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
• Colobopsis in Formicinae, Camponotini: Bondroit, 1918: 65; Emery, 1925d: 144; all subsequent authors.
• Colobopsis as genus: Mayr, 1861: 38; Mayr, 1862: 652; Mayr, 1865: 7; Mayr, 1870b: 940; Forel, 1878c: 368; Forel, 1879a: 125; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; André, 1882c: 159; Bingham, 1903: 342; Forel, 1886h: 193; Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Bondroit, 1918: 66; Jaffe, 1993: 14; Ward et al., 2016: 350
• Colobopsis as subgenus of Camponotus: Emery, 1889: 517; Dalla Torre, 1893: 219; Forel, 1893b: 165; Forel, 1893c: 435; Emery, 1895l: 772; Wheeler, 1904c: 139; Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Forel, 1912j: 90; Forel, 1914a: 263; Forel, 1917: 251; Emery, 1920b: 247; Arnold, 1922: 613; Wheeler, 1922: 708; Emery, 1925d: 144; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 634; Creighton, 1950a: 390; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 222; Kempf, 1972b: 42; Smith, 1979: 1433; Bolton, 1994: 50.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus (Myrmotemnus) Emery, 1920
  Obsolete classification(s): Myrmotemnus
• Condylomyrma Santschi, 1928
  Obsolete classification(s): Camponotus (Condylomyrma)
• Myrmogonia Forel, 1912
  Obsolete classification(s): Camponotus (Myrmogonia)

Obsolete classifications

• Camponotus (Colobopsis)

Citations

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