• Subspecies of Camponotus japonicus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 221.
• Status as species: Wang et al., 1989b: 327; Wang & Wu, 1994: 31 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 127; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 181; Radchenko, 1997b: 557; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 70; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus japonicus tonkinus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 1997b. Review of ants of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Palearctic. The subgenus Camponotus s. str. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 76:554-564. PDF
• Ran, H.; Zhou, S. 2011. Checklist of Chinese ants: the formicomorph subfamilies. Journal of Guangxi Normal University, Natural Science Edition 29 (3):65-73.
• Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56:81-96. PDF
• Wang, C.; Wu, J. 1994. Second revisionary studies on genus Camponotus Mayr of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Beijing Forestry University (English Edition) 3(1):23-34. PDF
• Wang, C.; Xiao, G.; Wu, J. 1989b. Taxonomic studies on the genus Camponotus Mayr in China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [concl.] [In Chinese.]. Forest Research 2:321-328.
• Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1995a. The ants of China. [In Chinese.]. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.