Camponotus cingulatus

De Oliveira et al. (2015) found three colonies of C. cingulatus opportunistically nesting in Cecropia trees (southwest Bahia, Brazil) while Fagundes et al. (2010) found it nesting in bamboo.

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

Biology
Koch et al. (2018) sampled this species in Caryocar barsiliense trees, in southeastern Brazil cerrado, as part of a study examining species interactions in ant-plants.

Brown & Fenner (1998) report this species being raided by the army ant Nomamyrmex esenbeckii at Itatiaia, Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus cingulatus Mayr, 1862: 661 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
 * Forel, 1879a: 73 (s.); Hashmi, 1973: 41 (q.); Mariano, et al. 2001: 269 (k.).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1914a: 268.
 * Subspecies of maculatus: Bruch, 1914: 229 (error); Luederwaldt, 1918: 49.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1863: 398; Emery, 1878a: ix (in list); Forel, 1879a: 73; Dalla Torre, 1893: 225; Forel, 1895b: 102; Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Emery, 1906c: 188; Forel, 1907e: 10; Forel, 1908c: 406; Forel, 1908e: 62; Santschi, 1922c: 109; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Eidmann, 1936b: 95; Kempf, 1972a: 61; Hashmi, 1973: 31 (redescription); Zolessi, et al. 1988: 6; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92; Wild, 2007b: 27, 48.
 * Senior synonym of bambusarum: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * Senior synonym of brunneiventris: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * Senior synonym of damocles: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * Senior synonym of fissa: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * Senior synonym of lessonai: Wild, 2007b: 48.
 * Senior synonym of myster: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * Material of the unavailable name postniger referred here by Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * bambusarum. Camponotus cingulatus var. bambusarum Forel, 1902b: 176 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
 * [Misspelled as bambousarum by Santschi, 1922c: 109.]
 * Santschi, 1922c: 109 (s.).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 108.
 * Subspecies of cingulatus: Santschi, 1922c: 109; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
 * Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
 * brunneiventris. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) cingulatus var. brunneiventris Santschi, 1920e: 125 (w.) BOLIVIA.
 * [Also described as new by Santschi, 1922c: 109.]
 * Subspecies of cingulatus: Santschi, 1925d: 245; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
 * Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 90.
 * damocles. Camponotus cingulatus var. damocles Forel, 1909a: 264 (s.w.m.) PARAGUAY.
 * Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 108.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Luederwaldt, 1918: 50.
 * Subspecies of cingulatus: Forel, 1911c: 310; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
 * Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
 * fissa. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) cingulatus var. fissa Stitz, 1933: 72, fig. 4 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
 * Subspecies of cingulatus: Kempf, 1972a: 61.
 * Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 99.
 * lessonai. Camponotus rufipes subsp. lessonai Emery, 1894e: 3 (s.w.) PARAGUAY.
 * Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 109.
 * Subspecies of rufipes: Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 109; Santschi, 1929d: 314 (in key); Kusnezov, 1952d: 220; Kempf, 1972a: 62; Brandão, 1991: 336.
 * Status as species: Hashmi, 1973: 129; Bolton, 1995b: 108.
 * [Note: lessonai excluded from Myrmothrix (hence subgenus indeterminate): Hashmi, 1973: 129.]
 * Junior synonym of cingulatus: Wild, 2007b: 48.
 * myster. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) cingulatus var. myster Santschi, 1922c: 109 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Subspecies of cingulatus: Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
 * Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 112.

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