Camponotus claviscapus

Gillette et al. (2015) in a Chaipas, Mexico field study of twig-nesting ants in coffee plants found C. brettesi nesting within one sampled plot of plants at 950m.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Biology
DaRocha et al. (2015) studied the diversity of ants found in bromeliads of a single large tree of Erythrina, a common cocoa shade tree, at an agricultural research center in Ilhéus, Brazil. Forty-seven species of ants were found in 36 of 52 the bromeliads examined. Bromeliads with suspended soil and those that were larger had higher ant diversity. C. claviscapus was found in 4 different bromeliads but was associated with twigs and bark cavities, rather than suspended soil or litter, of the plants.

Nomenclature

 *  claviscapus. Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899c: 152 (s.w.q.) TRINIDAD. [Camponotus claviscapus Emery, 1896g: 36. Nomen nudum, attributed to Forel.] Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1968: 219 (l.). Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912i: 90; in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Emery, 1920b: 259. Current subspecies: nominal plus lehmanni, occultus, subcarinatus.