• [Misspelled as 6-guttata by Fabricius, 1793: 354; Smith, 1858a: 41.]
• [Misspelled as sexmaculatus by Wheeler, 1918b: 28.]
• Forel, 1879a: 71 (s.w.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 195 (l.).
• Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 656.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1912j: 92.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmothrix): Bruch, 1914: 230.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 259.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosphincta): Emery, 1925d: 151.
• Subspecies of Camponotus sylvaticus: Mayr, 1880: 23.
• Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Emery, 1895i: 46.
• Status as species: Latreille, 1802a: 281; Fabricius, 1804: 401; Smith, 1858a: 41; Mayr, 1862: 656 (redescription); Mayr, 1863a: 401; Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1865: 28; Mayr, 1870a: 373 (in key); Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list); Smith, 1879a: 675; Forel, 1879a: 71; Mayr, 1884: 30; Forel, 1885a: 346; Emery, 1890c: 56; Dalla Torre, 1893: 251; Emery, 1894d: 167; Emery, 1894g: 2; Emery, 1894l: 62; Forel, 1895b: 104; Emery, 1896j: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899b: 155; Forel, 1902b: 172; Forel, 1905e: 161; Emery, 1906c: 192; Forel, 1906d: 249; Wheeler, 1908a: 156; Forel, 1908: 404; Forel, 1909a: 265; Forel, 1909b: 57; Santschi, 1912e: 534; Wheeler, 1913e: 243; Bruch, 1914: 230; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 56; Wheeler, 1916c: 14; Luederwaldt, 1918: 51; Wheeler, 1923a: 5; Wheeler, 1923d: 5; Emery, 1925d: 151; Borgmeier, 1927c: 150; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 167; Smith, 1937: 870; Santschi, 1939f: 167; Kusnezov, 1952f: 224; Kusnezov, 1953c: 339; Kempf, 1960e: 399; Kempf, 1972b: 58; Zolessi et al., 1988: 6; Brandão, 1991: 333; Bolton, 1995b: 123; Deyrup et al., 2000: 301; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Wild, 2007b: 29, 48; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 113; Wetterer et al., 2016: 9; Deyrup, 2017: 199; Mackay & MacKay, 2019: 768; Lubertazzi, 2019: 90.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus albofasciata: Emery, 1894g: 2; Emery, 1896j: 375; Forel, 1899b: 155; Wheeler, 1908a: 156; Emery, 1925d: 152; Kempf, 1972b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 123.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus sexguttatus bimaculata: Emery, 1894g: 2; Emery, 1896j: 375; Forel, 1899b: 155; Wheeler, 1908a: 156; Forel, 1909b: 57; Wheeler, 1923d: 6; Emery, 1925d: 152; Kempf, 1972b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 123.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus sexguttatus fusciceps: Wild, 2007b: 48.
• Senior synonym of Camponotus sexguttatus grenadensis: Wetterer et al., 2016: 10 (in text).
• Senior synonym of Camponotus ruficeps: Emery, 1894g: 2; Emery, 1896j: 375; Forel, 1899b: 155; Forel, 1905e: 161; Wheeler, 1905c: 134; Emery, 1906c: 192; Wheeler, 1908a: 156; Forel, 1909b: 57; Emery, 1925d: 152; Kempf, 1972b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 121.
• [Note: Wheeler, 1905c: 134, gives Camponotus ruficeps as senior synonym, but Camponotus sexguttatus has priority.]

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus albofasciata (Smith, 1862)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica albofasciata
• Camponotus ruficeps (Fabricius, 1804)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica ruficeps
• Camponotus sexguttatus bimaculata (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica bimaculata
• Camponotus sexguttatus fusciceps Emery, 1906
• Camponotus sexguttatus grenadensis Forel, 1897

Obsolete combinations

• Formica sexguttata

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