Taxonomic history
[First available use of Camponotus maculatus samius ionius Emery, 1901; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.].[Misspelled as jonia by Finzi, 1928c PDF: 791; misspelled as ionicus by Petrov, 2006 PDF: 109 (in key).].Santschi, 1921a PDF: 116 (q.); Karaman et al., 2011 PDF: 190 (m.).Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 100.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1905g PDF: 36 (in text); Emery, 1908a PDF: 193; Forel, 1911f PDF: 360; Emery, 1914c PDF: 159.Subspecies of Camponotus samius: Santschi, 1921a PDF: 116; Emery, 1925d PDF: 100; Finzi, 1928c PDF: 791; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 318; Menozzi, 1936b PDF: 300; Finzi, 1939c PDF: 159.[Note: Santschi, 1921a PDF: 116, has sanctus var. ionia, in error for samius var ionia.].Status as species: Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 125; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 284 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 105; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 109 (in key); Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 44; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 30; Karaman et al., 2011 PDF: 190; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 476; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 7; Karaman & Aktaç, 2013 PDF: 53 (in key); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 34; Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 18; Lebas et al., 2016: 154; Borowiec & Salata, 2018a 10.5281/zenodo.1481802 PDF: 4; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 43; Salata et al., 2020 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.5 PDF: 553 (diagnosis).