Camponotus caffer

Two contemporary collections of C. caffer: a nightime sweep net sample in grassland/shrubland and a specimen from a bushveld pitfall-trap.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 *  caffer. Camponotus caffer Emery, 1895h: 47, pl. 2, figs. 25, 26 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267; in C. (Dinomyrmex): Emery, 1920b: 256; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 84. Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1901h: 69. Revived status as species: Forel, 1914a: 267; Emery, 1920b: 256; Arnold, 1922: 650; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 963.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 579-674.
 * Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
 * Forel A. 1901. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82.
 * Forel A. 1904. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 48: 168-177.