• Emery, 1899f: 7 (l.); Viehmeyer, 1916a: 160 (s.q.m.); Karavaiev, 1933a: 319 (m.)
• Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1893m: 257.
• Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Emery, 1893g: 225.
• Combination in Colobopsis: Ward et al., 2016: 350.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 422; Smith, 1871a: 308; Dalla Torre, 1893: 257; Emery, 1893g: 225; Forel, 1895f: 455; Emery, 1896j: 374 (in list); Emery, 1897: 577; Emery, 1899f: 7; Forel, 1901c: 27; Forel, 1902j: 507; Forel, 1903f: 409; Forel, 1910d: 127; Dahl, 1901: 17 (in key); Stitz, 1911a: 372; Emery, 1911f: 532; Emery, 1911g: 250; Forel, 1912o: 67; Forel, 1913l: 133; Viehmeyer, 1913: 147; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 532; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 160; Wheeler, 1919f: 117; Wheeler, 1924c: 253; Emery, 1925d: 148; Karavaiev, 1929e: 244; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 459; Karavaiev, 1933a: 319; Wheeler, 1935g: 43; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 458; Donisthorpe, 1948b: 314; Donisthorpe, 1948d: 603; Donisthorpe, 1948g: 140; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 228; Baltazar, 1966: 270; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 121; Taylor, 1987a: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 129; McArthur & Shattuck, 2001: 41 (redescription); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 16; McArthur, 2007b: 302; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 38; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 70; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30; McArthur, 2012: 84; McArthur, 2014: 50; Bharti et al., 2016: 26; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 49; Wang et al., 2022: 46.
• Senior synonym of Colobopsis adlerzii: Forel, 1894b: 70; Forel, 1895f: 458 (in text); Emery, 1925d: 148; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 121; Taylor, 1987a: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 129; McArthur & Shattuck, 2001: 41.
• Senior synonym of Colobopsis incursor: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 459; Bolton, 1995b: 129.

Junior synonyms

• Colobopsis adlerzii (Forel, 1886)
  Obsolete combination(s): Camponotus adlerzii, Prenolepis adlerzii
• Colobopsis incursor (Smith, 1860)
  Obsolete combination(s): Camponotus incursor, Formica incursor

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus vitreus
• Formica vitrea

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