Taxonomic history
[First available use of Camponotus marginatus discolor clarithorax Emery, 1893; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.].As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896j PDF: 373 (in list); Wheeler, 1910g PDF: 343; Wheeler, 1910i PDF: 231; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 572; Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 558; Wheeler, 1917c PDF: 28; Emery, 1925d PDF: 117.Subspecies of Camponotus caryae: Smith, 1979: 1431.Status as species: Smith, 1951c PDF: 844; Snelling, 1988 PDF: 61; Bolton, 1995b: 92; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 88; Ward, 2005 PDF: 62.