Camponotus caffer

Two contemporary collections of C. caffer: a nightime sweep net sample in grassland/shrubland and a specimen from a bushveld pitfall-trap.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 *  caffer. Camponotus caffer Emery, 1895h: 47, pl. 2, figs. 25, 26 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267; in C. (Dinomyrmex): Emery, 1920b: 256; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 84. Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1901h: 69. Revived status as species: Forel, 1914a: 267; Emery, 1920b: 256; Arnold, 1922: 650; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 963.