• [Type-species not Formica herculeana, unjustified subsequent designation by Forel, 1914a: 259; repeated by Arnold, 1922: 612.]
• Camponotus in Formicinae: Mayr, 1861: 35 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1862: 652 (in key) [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 6 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1868b: 26 [Formicidae]; Dours, 1873: 164 [Formicidae]; Forel, 1874: 37 [Formicidae].
• Camponotus in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c: 367 [Camponotidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879: 447 [Camponotidae]; Forel, 1892k: 223 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 219 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1896e: 188 [Camponotinae].
• Camponotus in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1886h: 141; Forel, 1893b: 165; Forel, 1895b: 101; Emery, 1895l: 772; Forel, 1899b: 130; Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Forel, 1912j: 89; Wheeler, 1915i: 138; Emery, 1916a: 222; Forel, 1917: 250; Arnold, 1922: 610.
• Camponotus in Formicinae, Formica genus group: Agosti, 1991: 295.
• Camponotus in Formicinae, Camponotini: Bondroit, 1918: 65; Wheeler, 1922: 703; Emery, 1925d: 59; subsequent authors; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Brandão, 1991: 332; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 27, 112; Ward et al., 2016: 345.
• Camponotus as subgenus of Formica: Smith, 1871b: 306.
• Camponotus as genus: all authors except Smith, 1871a: 306.
• Camponotus as senior synonym of †Palaeosminthurus: Snelling, R.R. (pers. comm. to B. Bolton, 2004). [Synonymy remained unpublished at his death in 2008, but is accepted provisionally here.]
• Camponotus as senior synonym of Dolophra: Bolton, 1995b: 23; Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 44.
• [Note (i): all subgenera were given as provisional junior synonyms of Camponotus by Brown, 1973b: 179-185. The list was repeated by Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18, and Tang et al., 1995: 112, with all subgenera listed as junior synonyms. They reverted to subgeneric status in Brandão, 1991: 330 (Neotropical), Bolton, 1994: 50 (world), and Bolton, 2003: 113 (world). The entry of Myrmophyma and Thlipsepinotus under the synonymy of Camponotus by Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109, is not accepted as confirmation as not all taxa were included.]
• [Note (ii): the subgeneric classification is retained here pending formal revision. While some subgenera appear monophyletic it is clear that several are patently artificial, including the largest subgenus, Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex).]

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