• Wheeler, 1919d: 287 (s.w.q.m.).
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmorhachis): Emery, 1920b: 260; in Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus): Wheeler, 1924b: 118.
• Current subspecies: nominal plus C. p. fernandinensis, C. p. fidelis, C. p. hephaestus, C. p. indefessus (unresolved junior homonym), C. p. isabelensis, C. p. peregrinus, C. p. pinzonensis, C. p. sansalvadorensis, C. p. santacruzensis.

Citations

• Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 8:229-260. PDF
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• Smith, F. 1877a. VIII. Hymenoptera and Diptera. Pp. 82-84 in: Günther, A. 1877. Account of the zoological collection made during the visit of H. M. S. "Peterel" to the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877:64-93.
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1919d. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. XIV. The ants of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)2(2):259-297.
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (New York) 5:101-122. PDF
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