Camponotus lespesii

Rosumek (2017) assessed trophic resource use and period of activity within the ant community in a southern Brazil Atlantic forest. For this species: widespread in the Neotropics. Byk and Del-Claro (2010) recorded it qualitatively visiting extra-floral nectaries and Paula et al. (2016) observed it on experimental carcasses, predating the larvae and pupae of necrophagous insects and feeding on the carcass itself. In this study it was found to concentrate on crushed insects and sucrose, with the majority of records from nighttime sampling.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay.

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

 *  lespesii. Camponotus sexguttatus r. lespesii Forel, 1886f: 169 (w.) COLOMBIA. Mayr, 1887: 513 (q.m.). Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1914a: 268; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 83. Raised to species: Mayr, 1887: 513. Senior synonym of melancholicus: Wild, 2007b: 50.
 * melancholicus. Camponotus lespesi subsp. melancholicus Emery, 1894e: 2 (s.w.) PARAGUAY. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 83. Junior synonym of lespesii: Wild, 2007b: 50.