• Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 666.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmobrachys): Kempf, 1965: 186.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus femoratus: Forel, 1908: 404.
• Status as species: Smith, 1862b: 29; Mayr, 1862: 666 (redescription); Roger, 1863b: 5, 44; Mayr, 1863a: 398; Dalla Torre, 1893: 222; Forel, 1895b: 101; Emery, 1896j: 377 (in list); Forel, 1899b: 134; Emery, 1925d: 171; Borgmeier, 1927c: 161; Kempf, 1965: 186; Kempf, 1972b: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 86; Wild, 2007b: 27; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255; Mackay & MacKay, 2019: 752.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus adpressisetosus: Kempf, 1965: 186; Kempf, 1972b: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 86.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus adpressisetosus Forel, 1879

Obsolete combinations

• Formica arborea

Citations

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