• Mayr, 1866a: 485 (w.q.)
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 5.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 54; Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1866a: 485; Forel, 1879a: 60.
• Junior synonym of Camponotus castaneus: Mayr, 1886d: 420; Forel, 1886h: 141; Cresson, 1887: 255; Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; Emery, 1896j: 372; Wheeler, 1906g: 22; Wheeler, 1910g: 321; Emery, 1925d: 74; Creighton, 1950a: 375; Smith, 1951c: 839; Smith, 1979: 1428; Bolton, 1995b: 111; Mackay, 2019: 182.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica mellea

Citations

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