• Forel, 1913l: 125 (q.); Wheeler, 1924c: 253 (q.m.).
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913l: 125.
• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 93.
• Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1892k: 242; Emery, 1896j: 370 (in list); Mayr, 1897: 432; Forel, 1901c: 27; Dahl, 1901: 17 (in key); Forel, 1909i: 229; Forel, 1911a: 48; Forel, 1911b: 210; Forel, 1912a: 75; Forel, 1912o: 62; Forel, 1913l: 125; Forel, 1915a: 37; Wheeler, 1919f: 108; Wheeler, 1924c: 253; Teranishi, 1940: 60 (first entry).
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 22; Mayr, 1863a: 416; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, 1871a: 304; Mayr, 1879: 646; Forel, 1885b: 176; Emery, 1887a: 217; Dalla Torre, 1893: 236; Emery, 1893g: 196; Bingham, 1903: 353; Forel, 1905f: 26; Wheeler, 1909d: 337; Yano, 1910a: 422; Emery, 1920b: 255; Emery, 1920d: 7, 12 (in key); Santschi, 1924c: 114; Emery, 1925d: 93; Wheeler, 1929h: 57; Karavaiev, 1929e: 236; Stärcke, 1930: 376; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444; Karavaiev, 1933a: 316; Wheeler, 1935g: 39; Wheeler, 1937a: 24; Teranishi, 1940: 60 (second entry); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 105; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 73; Terayama, 2009: 216; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 37; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 68; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28; McArthur, 2012: 209; Bharti et al., 2016: 24; Dias et al., 2020: 33; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 42; Wang et al., 2022: 42.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus agnatus: Bingham, 1903: 353; Emery, 1925d: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 105; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 73.
• [Note: Smith, 1857a: 58, and Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444, suggest that Camponotus irritans may be the worker of Camponotus festinus diligens.]

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus agnatus Roger, 1863

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus maculatus irritans
• Formica irritans

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