• Emery, 1893k: 678 (m.); Wheeler, 1910i: 230 (s.)
• Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1886c: 365.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925d: 117.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus marginatus: Mayr, 1886d: 423; Cresson, 1887: 256; Pergande, 1893: 28.
• Subspecies of Camponotus marginatus: Mayr, 1886c: 365; Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; Emery, 1893k: 677; Emery, 1896j: 373 (in list); Wheeler, 1902g: 23.
• Subspecies of Camponotus fallax: Wheeler, 1910g: 342; Wheeler, 1910i: 230 (redescription); Wheeler, 1910a: 572; Wheeler, 1913d: 117; Wheeler, 1917a: 558.
• Subspecies of Camponotus caryae: Wheeler, 1917c: 28; Emery, 1925d: 117; Smith, 1931a: 22; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 103; Buren, 1944a: 294; Creighton, 1950a: 386; Smith, 1951c: 844; Smith, 1967a: 367; Smith, 1979: 1431.
• Status as species: Snelling, 1988: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 96; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Coovert, 2005: 170; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 89; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; MacGown et al., 2007: 16; Deyrup, 2017: 188; Ouellette et al., 2024: 1.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus marginatus discolor
• Formica discolor

Citations

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