• Mayr, 1876: 66 (q.m.)
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1915b: 98; Wheeler, 1915h: 814.
• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 96.
• Subspecies of Camponotus sylvaticus: Forel, 1879a: 67; Mayr, 1880: 21; Emery, 1887a: 212 (footnote).
• Subspecies of Camponotus rubripes: Forel, 1886h: 143.
• Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Emery, 1893m: 241 (footnote), 245; Emery, 1896j: 370 (in list); Kirby, 1896: 204; Forel, 1902j: 497; Forel, 1907j: 299; Forel, 1910b: 70; Emery, 1911g: 249; Forel, 1912c: 83; Emery, 1914f: 425; Forel, 1915b: 98; Crawley, 1915a: 136; Wheeler, 1915h: 814; Mann, 1919: 369.
• Subspecies of Camponotus variegatus: Emery, 1920d: 7; Emery, 1925d: 96; Wheeler, 1935g: 40.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 61 (in key); Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list); Dalla Torre, 1893: 245; Clark, 1930c: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 118; Taylor, 1987a: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 114; McArthur & Leys, 2006: 109 (redescription); Sarnat et al., 2013: 70; McArthur, 2014: 92.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus villosus: McArthur & Leys, 2006: 109.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus villosus Crawley, 1915

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus maculatus novaehollandiae

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