• Combination in Colobopsis: Mayr, 1862: 691.
• Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Emery, 1889b: 517.
• Combination in Colobopsis: Ward et al., 2016: 350.
• Status as species: Latreille, 1802a: 121; Fabricius, 1804: 404; Smith, 1858a: 15; Mayr, 1863a: 403; Roger, 1863b: 9; Smith, 1871a: 303; Forel, 1891c: 77 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 227; Emery, 1896j: 374 (in list); Emery, 1917a: 97; Wheeler, 1922: 1054; Emery, 1925d: 149; Menozzi, 1932d: 9; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 223; Bolton, 1995b: 95; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 14; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 36; McArthur, 2012: 38, 206; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 48.
• Senior synonym of Colobopsis doriae: Emery, 1917a: 97; Emery, 1925d: 149; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 223, 224; Bolton, 1995b: 95.

Junior synonyms

• Colobopsis doriae Mayr, 1872
  Obsolete combination(s): Camponotus doriae

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus cylindricus
• Formica cylindrica

Citations

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