• [Justified emendation of spelling to Camponotus pennsylvanicus: Buckley, 1866: 155.]
• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 187 (l.).
• Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 666.
• Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 266.
• Subspecies of Camponotus herculeanus: Forel, 1879a: 57; Provancher, 1881b: 355; Mayr, 1886d: 420; Cresson, 1887: 256; Emery, 1893k: 675; Emery, 1895m: 477; Emery, 1896j: 372 (in list); Wheeler, 1900c: 47; Viereck, 1903: 72; Wheeler, 1905j: 402; Wheeler, 1906g: 22; Wheeler, 1910g: 335 (redescription); Wheeler, 1910a: 571; Santschi, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, 1913d: 117; Forel, 1914a: 266; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 348; Wheeler, 1916r: 600; Wheeler, 1917k: 465; Emery, 1925d: 73; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 401; Karavaiev, 1929d: 211; Wheeler, 1932a: 13; Dennis, 1938: 301; Wing, 1939: 163; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 103; Buren, 1944a: 293; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944: 251; Smith, 1951c: 840.
• Status as species: Retzius, 1783: 75; Olivier, 1792: 501; Latreille, 1802a: 99; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 213; Smith, 1858a: 53; Mayr, 1862: 666 (redescription); Mayr, 1863a: 400; Roger, 1863b: 6; Buckley, 1866: 155; Provancher, 1881b: 355; André, 1882b: 141 (in key); Provancher, 1883: 598; Provancher, 1887: 229 (in key); Nasonov, 1889: 13; Dalla Torre, 1893: 246; Ruzsky, 1896: 67; Emery, 1898a: 225; Forel, 1901m: 70; Ruzsky, 1903c: 205; Ruzsky, 1905b: 227; Forel, 1907h: 10; Wheeler, 1910g: 335; Emery, 1920b: 255; Creighton, 1950a: 367; Smith, 1958c: 143; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); Smith, 1967a: 366; Francoeur, 1975: 264; Francoeur, 1977b: 207; Smith, 1979: 1427; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 146; Deyrup et al., 1989: 100; Wheeler et al., 1994: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 116; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 301; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Wetterer & Wetterer, 2004: 215; Coovert, 2005: 167; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 86; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; MacGown et al., 2007: 11; Ellison et al., 2012: 124; Deyrup, 2017: 196; Mackay, 2019: 292 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus herculeanopennsylvanicus: Creighton, 1950a: 367; Smith, 1979: 1427; Bolton, 1995b: 117; Coovert, 2005: 167.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus mohican: Creighton, 1950a: 367; Smith, 1979: 1427; Bolton, 1995b: 117.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus herculeanus herculeanopennsylvanicus Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus herculeanus mohican Emery, 1925

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus herculeanus pennsylvanicus
• Formica pensylvanica

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