Camponotus maculiventris

Samples for C. maculiventris have been generally recorded from the rainforests of the east and the montane rainforests of the center and east of Madagascar and are occasionally found in the littoral rainforest of the northeast. Along its eastern distribution, the geographic range is from Sakalava Beach in the northernmost to the Parc National Andasibe in the center and down to Anosyenne Montain in the southernmost region. Camponotus maculiventris forages most frequently on lower vegetation and in leaf litter but rarely on the forest floor. Nest series have been collected frequently from dead branches above the ground and rotten logs but occasionally from under stones and root mats in the ground or on rocks.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  maculiventris. Camponotus christi var. maculiventris Emery, 1895f: 344 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 122.
 * Subspecies of christi: Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Forel, 1910a: 21; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1045; Emery, 1925b: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 110.
 * Status as species: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 39.