Extant: 4 valid subspecies
Camponotus chrysurus Gerstäcker, 1871: 355 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Forel, 1899c PDF: 308 (s.); Santschi, 1914b PDF: 135 (q.); Forel, 1915c PDF: 350 (q.).Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Forel, 1912j PDF: 92.Combination in Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1913b PDF: 346; Wheeler, 1922: 971.Combination in Camponotus (Myrmopiromis): Emery, 1925d PDF: 129.Combination in Camponotus (Myrmopelta): Santschi, 1921f PDF: 311; Santschi, 1926a PDF: 20; Santschi, 1926c PDF: 603.