• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1863a: 398.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus melleus: Mayr, 1866a: 485 (in text).
• Junior synonym of Camponotus castaneus: Mayr, 1886d: 420; Forel, 1886h: 141; Cresson, 1887: 255; Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; Emery, 1896j: 372; Smith, 1951c: 839; Smith, 1979: 1428; Bolton, 1995b: 91; Mackay, 2019: 182.

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