List of Australian Camponotus Species

The following species of Camponotus are currently known to occur in Australia.

aeneopilosus species group

Camponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
Camponotus nigroaeneus Smith, 1858

armstrongi species group

Camponotus armstrongi McAreavey, 1949
Camponotus macareaveyi Taylor, 1992

aureopilus species group

Camponotus thadeus Shattuck, 2004

chalceus species group

Camponotus chalceus Crawley, 1915
Camponotus chalceoides Clark, 1938
Camponotus fergusoni McArthur, 2003
Camponotus hartogi Forel, 1902
Camponotus innexus Forel, 1902
Camponotus pawseyi McArthur, 2003

claripes species group

Camponotus claripes Mayr, 1876
Camponotus eremicus Wheeler, 1915
Camponotus fraseri McArthur, 2008
Camponotus woodroffeensis McArthur, 2008

darlingtoni species group

Camponotus cinereus amperei Forel, 1913
Camponotus darlingtoni Wheeler, 1934
Camponotus elegans Forel, 1902
Camponotus inflatus Lubbock, 1880
Camponotus pitjantjatarae McArthur, 2003

ephippium species group

Camponotus afflatus Viehmeyer, 1925
Camponotus capito Mayr, 1876
Camponotus capito ebeninithorax Forel, 1915
Camponotus dromas Santschi, 1919
Camponotus ephippium narses Forel, 1915
Camponotus ephippium Smith, 1858
Camponotus fieldellus Forel, 1910
Camponotus judithmorrisae McArthur, 2008
Camponotus philwardi McArthur, 2008
Camponotus tasmani Forel, 1902

esau species group

Camponotus arcuatus Mayr, 1876
Camponotus esau Forel, 1915

evae species group

Camponotus evae Forel, 1910
Camponotus rudis McArthur, 2003
Camponotus tristis Clark, 1930

gibbinotus species group

Camponotus cowlei Froggatt, 1896
Camponotus discors Forel, 1902
Camponotus gibbinotus Forel, 1902

intrepidus species group

Camponotus intrepidus Kirby, 1819
Camponotus intrepidus bellicosus Forel, 1902
Camponotus molossus Forel, 1907
Camponotus suffusus Smith, 1858
Camponotus suffusus bendigensis Forel, 1902

johnclarki species group

Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992

macrocephalus species group

Camponotus janeti Forel, 1895b
Camponotus janforrestae McArthur & Shattuck, 2001
Camponotus mackayensis Forel, 1902

The following species were previously placed in the macrocephalus group, but have been moved to the genus Colobopsis.

Colobopsis anderseni (McArthur & Shattuck, 2001)
Colobopsis annetteae (McArthur & Shattuck, 2001)
Colobopsis conithorax (Emery, 1914)
Colobopsis gasseri (Forel, 1894)
Colobopsis howensis (Wheeler, 1927)
Colobopsis macrocephala (Erichson, 1842)
Colobopsis sanguinifrons (Viehmeyer, 1925)
Colobopsis vitrea (Smith, 1860)

maculatus species group

Camponotus crozieri McArthur & Leys, 2006
Camponotus extensus Mayr, 1876
Camponotus fieldeae Forel, 1902
Camponotus humilior Forel, 1902
Camponotus novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870
Camponotus oxleyi Forel, 1902
Camponotus stefani McArthur, 2007

nigriceps species group

Camponotus clarior Forel, 1902
Camponotus consobrinus Erichson, 1842
Camponotus dryandrae McArthur & Adams, 1996
Camponotus eastwoodi McArthur & Adams, 1996
Camponotus longideclivis McArthur & Adams, 1996
Camponotus loweryi McArthur & Adams, 1996
Camponotus nigriceps Smith, 1858
Camponotus pallidiceps Emery, 1887
Camponotus prostans Forel, 1910

oetkeri species group

Camponotus michaelseni Forel, 1907b
Camponotus oetkeri Forel, 1910
Camponotus triodiae McArthur, 2009

rubiginosus species group

Camponotus andyyoungi McArthur, 2008
Camponotus evae zeuxis Forel, 1915
Camponotus guidae McArthur, 2007
Camponotus lownei Forel, 1895
Camponotus rubiginosus Mayr, 1876
Camponotus simpsoni McArthur, 2003

scotti species group

Camponotus cinereus Mayr, 1876
Camponotus longifacies McArthur, 2003
Camponotus malleensis McArthur, 2007
Camponotus marcens Forel, 1907
Camponotus scotti McArthur, 2003
Camponotus scratius Forel, 1907

sponsorum species group

Camponotus froggatti Forel, 1902
Camponotus sponsorum Forel, 1910

subnitidus species group

Camponotus churchetti McArthur, 2008 (now Camponotus inverallensis)
Camponotus confusus Emery, 1887
Camponotus palkura McArthur, 2007
Camponotus rufus Crawley, 1925
Camponotus subnitidus Mayr, 1876
Camponotus tricoloratus Clark, 1941

walkeri species group

Note that C. walkeri has been synonymised with Camponotus claripes.

Camponotus adami Forel, 1910
Camponotus walkeri Forel, 1893

whitei species group

Camponotus leae Wheeler, 1915
Camponotus whitei Wheeler, 1915

wiederkehri species group

Camponotus arenatus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
Camponotus aurocinctus Smith, 1858
Camponotus ceriseipes Clark, 1938
Camponotus donnellani McArthur & Shattuck, 2002
Camponotus gouldianus Forel, 1922
Camponotus owensae Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
Camponotus perjurus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
Camponotus postcornutus Clark, 1930
Camponotus prosseri Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
Camponotus rufonigrus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
Camponotus setosus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
Camponotus terebrans Lowne, 1865
Camponotus versicolor Clark, 1930
Camponotus wiederkehri Forel, 1894

Unplaced to group

Camponotus aeneopilosus flavidopubescens Forel, 1902
Camponotus arcuatus aesopus Forel, 1907
Camponotus bigenus Santschi, 1919
Camponotus cameratus Viehmeyer, 1925
Camponotus chloroticus Emery
Camponotus cinereus notterae Forel, 1907
Camponotus claripes nudimalis Forel, 1913
Camponotus claripes orbiculatopunctatus Viehmeyer, 1925
Camponotus consectator (Smith, 1858)
Camponotus crenatus Mayr, 1876
Camponotus cruentatus asper Menozzi, 1925
Camponotus discors laetus Emery, 1925
Camponotus discors yarrabahensis Forel, 1915
Camponotus ezotus Bolton, 1995
Camponotus horni Clark, 1930
Camponotus insipidus Forel, 1893
Camponotus inverallensis Forel, 1910
Camponotus lividicoxis Viehmeyer, 1925
Camponotus lividipes Emery, 1887
Camponotus oetkeri voltai Forel, 1913
Camponotus pellax Santschi, 1919
Camponotus peseshus Bolton, 1995
Camponotus punctiventris Emery, 1920
Camponotus scratius nuntius Forel, 1907
Camponotus simulator Forel, 1915
Camponotus spinitarsus Emery, 1920
Camponotus subnitidus famelicus Emery, 1887
Camponotus subnitidus longinodis Forel, 1915
Camponotus tumidus Crawley, 1922