• Colobopsis in Formicinae: Mayr, 1861: 38 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1862: 652 (in key) [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 7 [Formicidae]; Forel, 1874: 43 [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; Kempf, 1972b: 42; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 24; Ward et al., 2016: 345.
• Colobopsis as junior synonym of Camponotus: Brown, 1973b: 179 [provisional].
• Colobopsis as subgenus of Camponotus: Emery, 1889: 517; Forel, 1892k: 221 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 219; Emery, 1893k: 670 (in key); Forel, 1893b: 165; Forel, 1893c: 435; Forel, 1894d: 7; Emery, 1895l: 772; Forel, 1899b: 130; Wheeler, 1904c: 139; Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Forel, 1912j: 90; Forel, 1914a: 263; Emery, 1916a: 227; 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; Bolton, 1995b: 24; Bolton, 2003: 113, 268.
• Colobopsis as genus: Mayr, 1861: 38; Mayr, 1862: 652; Mayr, 1863a: 403; Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1865: 7; Mayr, 1870b: 940; Dours, 1873: 164; Forel, 1874: 43; Forel, 1878c: 368; Forel, 1879a: 125; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; Forel, 1891c: 76; André, 1882c: 159; Bingham, 1903: 342; Forel, 1886h: 193; Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Bondroit, 1918: 66; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 19; Jaffe, 1993: 14; Ward et al., 2016: 349.
• Colobopsis as senior synonym of Condylomyrma: Wheeler, 1934e: 422 (in text); Bolton, 1995b: 24; Bolton, 2003: 113.
• Colobopsis as senior synonym of Dolophra: Bolton, 2003: 113, 268.
• Colobopsis as senior synonym of Myrmogonia: Ward et al., 2016: 350.
• Colobopsis as senior synonym of Myrmotemnus: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 41.
• [Calobopsis: incorrect subsequent spelling by Ashmead, 1905c: 384.]
• [Note: combinations in Colobopsis by McArthur, 2012: 234 pp. are ignored, but his page references to species are included. This is because his concept of Colobopsis included, without argument or justification, a selection of species from 21 other subgenera of Camponotus, including the type-species of six of those subgenera.]

Junior synonyms

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

Obsolete classifications

• Camponotus (Colobopsis)

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