Camponotus trapezoideus

Schmid et al. (2014) found this ant nesting in infructescences (the stem and remains of buds and fruits above the level of the water reservoir in the rosette) of the bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis on Santa Catarina Island, Brazil. De Oliveira et al. (2015), studying ant occupancy of Cecropia trees in southwest Bahia, Brazil, found two colonies of  opportunistically nesting in Cecropia pachystachya trees.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia.

Nomenclature

 *  trapezoideus. Camponotus trapezoideus Mayr, 1870a: 385 (w.) COLOMBIA. Mayr, 1887: 517 (q.m.). Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 271.