• [Note 1: Drury, 1770, contains no reference to ants, but was nevertheless cited by Forel, 1886h: 143, as the authority for the name Camponotus rubripes Drury, 1770. In reality, Drury, 1773: 72, described, but did not name, an ant species from Sierra Leone, which he considered to be the same as Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767 saying: “Vide Linn. Syst. p. 962, No. 2 Form. Barbara, which I judge to be the same as this”. This misidentified material was later named Camponotus rubripes Latreille, 1802a by Latreille, 1802a: 112.]
• [Note 2: Emery, 1891c: 17, recognised the confusion caused by Roger, 1863b and Forel, 1886h, and explained: “Drury n’a jamais donné le nom de rubripes à aucune fourmis; c’est Latreille qui, le premier, appela Formica rubripes un gros Camponotus d’Afrique que Drury avait rapporté à tort au Formica barbara de Linné”.]
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1865: 27; Forel, 1886h: 143; Emery, 1887a: 212 (footnote); Emery, 1888c: 365; Forel, 1889: 261; Emery, 1889: 510; Mayr, 1889: 278; Forel, 1890b: lxi; Saunders, 1890: 202 (misinterpretations).

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rubripes

Citations

• Drury, D. 1770. [Untitled. Unpublished, fake reference for the misinterpreted species Formica rubripes (Camponotus rubripes).]. None -:-.
• Drury, D. 1773. Illustrations of natural history. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and twenty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera. Vol. 2. London: B. White, vii + 90 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1887a ("1886"). Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 24[=(2)4]:209-240. PDF
• Emery, C. 1888c ("1887"). Formiche della provincia di Rio Grande do Sûl nel Brasile, raccolte dal dott. Hermann von Ihering. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 19:352-366. PDF
• Emery, C. 1889. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 27[=(2)7]:485-520.
• Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp. PDF
• Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215. PDF
• Forel, A. 1889 ("1888"). Ameisen aus den Sporaden, den Cykladen und Griechenland, gesammelt 1887 von Herrn von Oertzen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 32:255-265. PDF
• Forel, A. 1890b. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 34:lxi-lxxvi. PDF
• Latreille, P. A. 1802a. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Novara Expedition 1865. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1889. Insecta in itinere Cl. Przewalski in Asia Centrali novissime lecta. XVII. Formiciden aus Tibet. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 24:278-280. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Saunders, E. 1890. Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N., F.L.S., at Gibraltar and in North Africa. (Part I - Heterogyna). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 26:201-205. PDF