• Mayr, 1876: 63 (m.); Forel, 1879a: 75 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974a: 61 (l.)
• Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913h: 191.
• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 103.
• Subspecies of Camponotus consobrinus: Wheeler, 1933b: 23
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 418; Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1876: 59 (in key); Forel, 1879a: 75; Mayr, 1886c: 355; Emery, 1887a: 211; Dalla Torre, 1893: 244; Emery, 1896j: 372 (in list); Forel, 1902j: 505; Forel, 1907j: 301; Wheeler, 1909a: 29; Stitz, 1911a: 372; Forel, 1913h: 191; Emery, 1914a: 180; Forel, 1915b: 97; Emery, 1925d: 103; Clark, 1934c: 71; Stitz, 1938: 115; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 117; Taylor, 1987a: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 113; McArthur & Adams, 1996: 35; McArthur, 2007b: 308; Heterick, 2009: 63; McArthur, 2010: 34; McArthur, 2014: 90.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus consobrinus perthianus: McArthur & Adams, 1996: 35; McArthur, 2007b: 294; McArthur, 2010: 34.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus consobrinus perthianus Wheeler, 1933

Obsolete combinations

• Formica nigriceps

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