Camponotus ager

This ant was observed visiting the extrafloral nectaries of Tocoyena formosa plants occurring in a southeastern Brazilian cerrado study-site (Sanz-Veiga et al. 2017)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  ager. Formica agra Smith, F. 1858b: 47 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 5; in C. (Myromgigas): Forel, 1912i: 91; in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1914a: 268; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 83. [Forel, 1886f: 167 suggests that ager may be minor worker of egregius. See also: Emery, 1903: 77.]