List of Australian Camponotus Species

The following species of Camponotus are currently known to occur in Australia.

aeneopilosus species group

 * Camponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
 * Camponotus nigroaeneus Smith, 1858

armstrongi species group

 * Camponotus armstrongi McAreavey, 1949
 * Camponotus macareaveyi Taylor, 1992

aureopilus species group

 * Camponotus thadeus Shattuck, 2004

chalceus species group

 * Camponotus chalceus Crawley, 1915
 * Camponotus chalceoides Clark, 1938
 * Camponotus fergusoni McArthur, 2003
 * Camponotus hartogi Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus innexus Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus pawseyi McArthur, 2003

claripes species group

 * Camponotus claripes Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus eremicus Wheeler, 1915
 * Camponotus fraseri McArthur, 2008
 * Camponotus woodroffeensis McArthur, 2008

darlingtoni species group

 * Camponotus cinereus amperei Forel, 1913
 * Camponotus darlingtoni Wheeler, 1934
 * Camponotus elegans Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus inflatus Lubbock, 1880
 * Camponotus pitjantjatarae McArthur, 2003

ephippium species group

 * Camponotus afflatus Viehmeyer, 1925
 * Camponotus capito Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus capito ebeninithorax Forel, 1915
 * Camponotus dromas Santschi, 1919
 * Camponotus ephippium narses Forel, 1915
 * Camponotus ephippium Smith, 1858
 * Camponotus fieldellus Forel, 1910
 * Camponotus judithmorrisae McArthur, 2008
 * Camponotus philwardi McArthur, 2008
 * Camponotus tasmani Forel, 1902

esau species group

 * Camponotus arcuatus Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus esau Forel, 1915

evae species group

 * Camponotus evae Forel, 1910
 * Camponotus rudis McArthur, 2003
 * Camponotus tristis Clark, 1930

gibbinotus species group

 * Camponotus cowlei Froggatt, 1896
 * Camponotus discors Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus gibbinotus Forel, 1902

intrepidus species group

 * Camponotus intrepidus Kirby, 1819
 * Camponotus intrepidus bellicosus Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus molossus Forel, 1907
 * Camponotus suffusus Smith, 1858
 * Camponotus suffusus bendigensis Forel, 1902

johnclarki species group

 * Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992

macrocephalus species group

 * Camponotus janeti Forel, 1895b
 * Camponotus janforrestae McArthur & Shattuck, 2001
 * Camponotus mackayensis Forel, 1902

'The following species were previously placed in the macrocephalus group, but have been moved to the genus Colobopsis''.
 * Colobopsis anderseni (McArthur & Shattuck, 2001)
 * Colobopsis annetteae (McArthur & Shattuck, 2001)
 * Colobopsis conithorax (Emery, 1914)
 * Colobopsis gasseri (Forel, 1894)
 * Colobopsis howensis (Wheeler, 1927)
 * Colobopsis macrocephala (Erichson, 1842)
 * Colobopsis sanguinifrons (Viehmeyer, 1925)
 * Colobopsis vitrea (Smith, 1860)

maculatus species group

 * Camponotus crozieri McArthur & Leys, 2006
 * Camponotus extensus Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus fieldeae Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus humilior Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus oxleyi Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus stefani McArthur, 2007

nigriceps species group

 * Camponotus clarior Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus consobrinus Erichson, 1842
 * Camponotus dryandrae McArthur & Adams, 1996
 * Camponotus eastwoodi McArthur & Adams, 1996
 * Camponotus longideclivis McArthur & Adams, 1996
 * Camponotus loweryi McArthur & Adams, 1996
 * Camponotus nigriceps Smith, 1858
 * Camponotus pallidiceps Emery, 1887
 * Camponotus prostans Forel, 1910

oetkeri species group

 * Camponotus michaelseni Forel, 1907b
 * Camponotus oetkeri Forel, 1910
 * Camponotus triodiae McArthur, 2009

rubiginosus species group

 * Camponotus andyyoungi McArthur, 2008
 * Camponotus evae zeuxis Forel, 1915
 * Camponotus guidae McArthur, 2007
 * Camponotus lownei Forel, 1895
 * Camponotus rubiginosus Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus simpsoni McArthur, 2003

scotti species group

 * Camponotus cinereus Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus longifacies McArthur, 2003
 * Camponotus malleensis McArthur, 2007
 * Camponotus marcens Forel, 1907
 * Camponotus scotti McArthur, 2003
 * Camponotus scratius Forel, 1907

sponsorum species group

 * Camponotus froggatti Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus sponsorum Forel, 1910

subnitidus species group

 * Camponotus churchetti McArthur, 2008 (now Camponotus inverallensis)
 * Camponotus confusus Emery, 1887
 * Camponotus palkura McArthur, 2007
 * Camponotus rufus Crawley, 1925
 * Camponotus subnitidus Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus tricoloratus Clark, 1941

walkeri species group
Note that C. walkeri has been synonymised with Camponotus claripes.
 * Camponotus adami Forel, 1910
 * Camponotus walkeri Forel, 1893

whitei species group

 * Camponotus leae Wheeler, 1915
 * Camponotus whitei Wheeler, 1915

wiederkehri species group

 * Camponotus arenatus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
 * Camponotus aurocinctus Smith, 1858
 * Camponotus ceriseipes Clark, 1938
 * Camponotus donnellani McArthur & Shattuck, 2002
 * Camponotus gouldianus Forel, 1922
 * Camponotus owensae Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
 * Camponotus perjurus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
 * Camponotus postcornutus Clark, 1930
 * Camponotus prosseri Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
 * Camponotus rufonigrus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
 * Camponotus setosus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
 * Camponotus terebrans Lowne, 1865
 * Camponotus versicolor Clark, 1930
 * Camponotus wiederkehri Forel, 1894

Unplaced to group

 * Camponotus aeneopilosus flavidopubescens Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus arcuatus aesopus Forel, 1907
 * Camponotus bigenus Santschi, 1919
 * Camponotus cameratus Viehmeyer, 1925
 * Camponotus chloroticus Emery
 * Camponotus cinereus notterae Forel, 1907
 * Camponotus claripes nudimalis Forel, 1913
 * Camponotus claripes orbiculatopunctatus Viehmeyer, 1925
 * Camponotus consectator (Smith, 1858)
 * Camponotus crenatus Mayr, 1876
 * Camponotus cruentatus asper Menozzi, 1925
 * Camponotus discors laetus Emery, 1925
 * Camponotus discors yarrabahensis Forel, 1915
 * Camponotus ezotus Bolton, 1995
 * Camponotus horni Clark, 1930
 * Camponotus insipidus Forel, 1893
 * Camponotus inverallensis Forel, 1910
 * Camponotus lividicoxis Viehmeyer, 1925
 * Camponotus lividipes Emery, 1887
 * Camponotus oetkeri voltai Forel, 1913
 * Camponotus pellax Santschi, 1919
 * Camponotus peseshus Bolton, 1995
 * Camponotus punctiventris Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus scratius nuntius Forel, 1907
 * Camponotus simulator Forel, 1915
 * Camponotus spinitarsus Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus subnitidus famelicus Emery, 1887
 * Camponotus subnitidus longinodis Forel, 1915
 * Camponotus tumidus Crawley, 1922