Camponotus fastigatus

De Oliveira et al. (2015) found two colonies of C. fastigatus opportunistically nesting in Cecropia pachystachya trees (southwest Bahia, Brazil).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

Biology
Koch et al. (2018) sampled this species in Caryocar barsiliense trees, in southeastern Brazil cerrado, as part of a study examining species interactions in ant-plants.

Nomenclature

 *  fastigatus. Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863b: 5 (w.) BRAZIL. Emery, 1903: 73 (q.); Forel, 1908c: 403 (m.). Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912i: 90; in C. (Neomyrmamblys): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 708; Santschi, 1922c: 113; in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 155. Current subspecies: nominal plus barbiculus, schmalzi, verae.