• [Junior primary homonym of Formica nana Latreille, 1802a (Emery, 1921a: 26).]
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 5.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1914a: 270.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925d: 154.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 418; Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1886c: 355; Dalla Torre, 1893: 244; Forel, 1895b: 103; Emery, 1896j: 375 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 154; Borgmeier, 1927c: 151; Kempf, 1972b: 46.
• Replacement name: Camponotus nywet Bolton, 1995b.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica nana

Citations

• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921a. Specific names repeated in the Linnean genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 28:24-26. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 22:257-276. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• MacKay, W. P. 2025. New World Camponotus. Volume 2: Subgenus Myrmaphaenus, Part 1. Species complexes coruscus, cressoni, femoratus, frontalis, heathi, mina, novogranadensis and sphaericus. Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 513 pp. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:353-368. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF