Camponotus bonariensis

Schmid et al. (2014) found this ant nesting in infructescences (the stem and remains of buds and fruits above the level of the water reservoir in the rosette) of the bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis on Santa Catarina Island, Brazil.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Nomenclature

 *  bonariensis. Camponotus bonariensis Mayr, 1868b: 162 (w.) ARGENTINA. Forel, 1913l: 248 (q.m.); Goni et al. 1983: 366 (k.). Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913l: 248; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 79. Subspecies of rubripes: Emery, 1888c: 365; of maculatus: Forel, 1895b: 101; Forel, 1912i: 70. Revived status as species: Emery, 1894g: 373; Forel, 1914a: 267; Emery, 1920b: 233; Santschi, 1922d: 261. See also: Bruch, 1916: 352. Current subspecies: nominal plus curtulus, garbei, luteolus, parvulus, tucumanus, weiseri.