Subspecies Camponotus suffusus suffusus (Smith, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Formica suffusa Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [38].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH *Q, Australia.
• Formica piliventris Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [39].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH *W, SA.
• Camponotus schencki Mayr, G.L. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: Abhand. 649-776 pl. 19 [674 pl. 19].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia (as New Holland).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emery, C. 1925. Hymenoptera fam. Formicidae, subfam. Formicinae. pp. 1–302 in Wytsman, P. (ed.) Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 183 pp. [114]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes