• Forel, 1893c: 438 (q.)
• Combination in Colobopsis: Ward et al., 2016: 350.
• Junior synonym of Colobopsis badia: Emery, 1896j: 375; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 222, 227.
• Status as species: Forel, 1893c: 438; Dalla Torre, 1893: 251; Emery, 1893g: 198; Emery, 1895m: 480; Bingham, 1903: 346; Wheeler, 1919f: 116; Emery, 1920d: 32; Crawley, 1924a: 407; Emery, 1925d: 150; Menozzi, 1930a: 4; Collingwood, 1962c: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 15; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 38; McArthur, 2012: 52; Laciny et al., 2018: 31 (in text); Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 49.

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus saundersi

Citations

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