Camponotus foersteri

Camponotus foersteri is an endemic species to Madagascar where it is broadly distributed across ecosystems ranging from tropical dry forests to transitional humid forests, coastal scrub and littoral rainforests through montane rainforests, and the grasslands of the central high plateau and the eastern region of the island. Its members forage through leaf litter, on forest floor, and on low vegetation. Colony nests are found in root mats in the ground, rotten logs, rotting tree stumps, under root mats and on rock litter, under root mats on dead trees, and in dead twigs or branches above the ground.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  foersteri. Camponotus christi r. foersteri Forel, 1886f: 185 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Forel, 1891b: 64 (s.).
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 122.
 * Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 231.
 * As subspecies of christi: Emery, 1896d: 771; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1045.
 * cambouei. Camponotus cambouei Forel, 1891b: 68, pl. 1, fig. 13; pl. 2, fig. 1 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 266.
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Emery, 1920b: 257.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 122.
 * Junior synonym of foersteri: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
 * ambustus. Camponotus christi var. ambustus Forel, 1892l: 233 (s.w.q.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 122.
 * Junior synonym of foersteri: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
 * ferrugineus. Camponotus christi var. ferruginea Emery, 1899f: 290 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Formica ferruginea Fabricius, above (Bolton, 1995b: 99).]
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 122.
 * Junior synonym of foersteri: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.
 * pictipes. Camponotus pictipes Forel, 1891b: 217 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in C. (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1914a: 270
 * Combination in C. (Myrmosaga): Emery, 1920b: 257.
 * Combination in C. (Mayria): Emery, 1925b: 123.
 * Junior synonym of foersteri: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018: 27.