Camponotus pulcher

This species is distributed along the rainforest and montane rainforest habitats of the north and northeast as well as the central east of Madagascar. In the Réserve Spéciale Manongarivo, where both forest habitats are found, the members of C. pulcher have been known to nest in rotting tree stumps and forage in leaf litter and on low vegetation. In the rainforests of the Parc National Masoala and the montane rainforest of Torotorofotsy, colonies have been collected from rotten logs.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  pulcher. Camponotus dromedarius var. pulcher Forel, 1892l: 234 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 122.
 * Subspecies of dromedarius: Dalla Torre, 1893: 229; Emery, 1895f: 344; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Forel, 1904b: 377; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1045; Emery, 1925b: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 119.
 * Status as species: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 46.