• [Misspelled as nitens by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 232.]
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1914a: 273.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925d: 140; Emery, 1926: 8.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmotemnus): Santschi, 1926c: 601.
• Combination in Colobopsis: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 41.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 662 (redescription, footnote); Dalla Torre, 1893: 245; Emery, 1896j: 374 (in list); Emery, 1900: 707; Emery, 1925d: 140; Emery, 1926: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 114; Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 41.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus nutans

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
• Emery, C. 1900. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40[=(2)20]:661-722.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Emery, C. 1926. Ultime note mirmecologiche. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 58:1-9. PDF
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 22:257-276. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1867d. [Untitled. Hymenopteren.]. Pp. 440-442 in: Frauenfeld, G. R. 1867. Zoologische Miscellen. XI. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17:425-502. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 28:645-686. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Camponotus. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 33:597-618. PDF
• Ward, P. S.; Boudinot, B. E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 79:37-56. 10.3897/asp.79.e66978 PDF