Taxonomic history
[Note: stated in original description as related to Camponotus cruentatus, Camponotus obscuriventris, Camponotus pexus; hence implied subgenus Camponotus (Myrmosericus): Bolton, 1995b: 103.].Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 103; Cagniant, 1996b: 94; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 194; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 33.