Taxonomic history
Combination in Camponotus (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a PDF: 272.Combination in Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis): Snelling, 1988 PDF: 57.Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925d PDF: 118; Mackay & MacKay, 1997b PDF: 328.Subspecies of Camponotus nitidus Norton, 1868: Emery, 1893m PDF: 245 (footnote).Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 243; Emery, 1896j PDF: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899b PDF: 154; Emery, 1925d PDF: 118; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 47; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 332; Bolton, 1995b: 112; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 256; Mackay & MacKay, 1997b PDF: 328 (redescription).Senior synonym of Camponotus nitidus nuperus: Mackay & MacKay, 1997b PDF: 328.