Camponotus lubbocki

Camponotus lubbocki commonly occurs in montane shrubland and montane rainforests in the northeast, central, and southern high plateau of Madagascar. The species is rarely known from rainforests and the transitional forest between spiny and dry forests. Across this mountainous region, the species nests mostly in the ground, in root mats in the ground, and under moss on the ground, but occasionally nests in rotten logs and under stones. (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  lubbocki. Camponotus lubbocki Forel, 1886f: 186 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Forel, 1891b: 61 (q.); Forel, 1891b: 216 (s.).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Forel, 1912i: 92;
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1891b: 60 (redescription), 216; Dalla Torre, 1893: 240; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Forel, 1907g: 91; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 109.
 * Senior synonym of christoides: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 35.
 * Senior synonym of rectus: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 35.
 * christoides. Camponotus lubbocki r. christoides Forel, 1891b: 61 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Subspecies of lubbocki: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 240 (footnote); Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * Junior synonym of lubbocki: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 35.
 * rectus. Camponotus lubbocki var. rectus Forel, 1891b: 217 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Subspecies of lubbocki: Dalla Torre, 1893: 240; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1046; Emery, 1925b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 120.
 * Junior synonym of lubbocki: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 35.