Taxonomic history
[First available use of Camponotus maculatus taylori albosparsus Forel, 1894; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.].[Misspelled as albosparatus by Terayama, 2009 PDF: 217 (in key).].Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 93.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896j PDF: 370 (in list); Forel, 1904d PDF: 29.Subspecies of Camponotus barbatus taylori: Wheeler, 1913f PDF: 237.Subspecies of Camponotus barbatus: Forel, 1906b PDF: 84; Forel, 1912a PDF: 75; Forel, 1913g PDF: 200; Wheeler, 1921c PDF: 544; Emery, 1925d PDF: 93; Wheeler, 1927d PDF: 9; Wheeler, 1928c PDF: 32; Wheeler, 1929g PDF: 9; Wheeler, 1929h PDF: 62; Wheeler, 1930k PDF: 75; Santschi, 1937h PDF: 379; Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 318 (in key); Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 243.Status as species: Wang et al., 1989a: 223 (in key); Wang et al., 1989b: 327; Wu & Wang, 1992c PDF: 1315; Wang & Wu, 1994 PDF: 30 (in key); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 178; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Terayama, 1999b PDF: 31 (redescription); Zhou, 2001a PDF: 205; Zhang & Zheng, 2002 PDF: 218; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 38; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006 PDF: 37; Terayama, 2009 PDF: 216; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 66; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 27; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 23.Material of the unavailable name Camponotus maculatus taylori formosae referred here by Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Terayama, 2009 PDF: 216.