• Combination in Colobopsis: Ward et al., 2016: 350.
• Subspecies of Colobopsis pylartes: Wheeler, 1917a: 562; Emery, 1925d: 147; Smith, 1951c: 846.
• Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 393; Smith, 1958c: 145; Smith, 1979: 1433; Bolton, 1995b: 104; McArthur, 2012: 152.
• Junior synonym of Colobopsis impressa: Mackay & MacKay, 2018: 144.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus hunteri
• Camponotus pylartes hunteri

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 2018. Revision of the New World cork-headed ants of the genus Colobopsis. Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 279 pp. PDF
• McArthur, A. J. 2012. A guide to Colobopsis ants of the world. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 234 pp.
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
• Ward, P. S.; Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072:343-357. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1910g. The North American ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20:295-354. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF