Taxonomic history
[Justified emendation of spelling to pennsylvanica: Buckley, 1866 PDF: 155.].Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e PDF: 187 (l.).Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 666.Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a PDF: 266.Subspecies of Camponotus herculeanus: Forel, 1879a PDF: 57; Provancher, 1881b PDF: 355; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 420; Cresson, 1887 PDF: 256; Emery, 1893k PDF: 675; Emery, 1895m: 477; Emery, 1896j PDF: 372 (in list); Wheeler, 1900c PDF: 47; Viereck, 1903 PDF: 72; Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 402; Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 22; Wheeler, 1910g PDF: 335 (redescription); Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 571; Santschi, 1911d PDF: 7; Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 117; Forel, 1914a PDF: 266; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 348; Wheeler, 1916r: 600; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 465; Emery, 1925d PDF: 73; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 401; Karavaiev, 1929d PDF: 211; Wheeler, 1932a PDF: 13; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 301; Wing, 1939 PDF: 163; Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 103; Buren, 1944a PDF: 293; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 251; Smith, 1951c PDF: 840.Status as species: Retzius, 1783 PDF: 75; Olivier, 1792: 501; Latreille, 1802a PDF: 99; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 213; Smith, 1858a PDF: 53; Mayr, 1862 PDF: 666 (redescription); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 400; Roger, 1863b PDF: 6; Buckley, 1866 PDF: 155; Provancher, 1881b PDF: 355; André, 1882b PDF: 141 (in key); Provancher, 1883 PDF: 598; Provancher, 1887: 229 (in key); Nasonov, 1889: 13; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 246; Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 67; Emery, 1898a PDF: 225; Forel, 1901m PDF: 70; Ruzsky, 1903c PDF: 205; Ruzsky, 1905b: 227; Forel, 1907h PDF: 10; Wheeler, 1910g PDF: 335; Emery, 1920b PDF: 255; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 367; Smith, 1958c PDF: 143; Carter, 1962a PDF: 7 (in list); Smith, 1967a PDF: 366; Francoeur, 1975 PDF: 264; Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207; Smith, 1979: 1427; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 146; Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 100; Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 116; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 301; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44; Wetterer & Wetterer, 2004 PDF: 215; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 167; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 86; MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 66; MacGown et al., 2007 PDF: 11; Ellison et al., 2012: 124; Deyrup, 2017: 196; Mackay, 2019: 292 (redescription).Senior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus herculeanopennsylvanicus: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 367; Smith, 1979: 1427; Bolton, 1995b: 117; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 167.Senior synonym of Camponotus herculeanus mohican: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 367; Smith, 1979: 1427; Bolton, 1995b: 117.
