• Combination in Colobopsis: Ward et al., 2016: 350.
• Status as species: Azuma, 1951: 88; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 225; Azuma, 1977a: 116; Onoyama, 1980a: 201; Morisita et al., 1991: 44; Wang & Wu, 1994: 28 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 113; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 170; Radchenko, 1997d: 811; Terayama, 1999b: 28 (in key); Zhou, 2001a: 201; Imai et al., 2003: 34; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; McArthur, 2012: 198.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus nipponicus

Citations

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