FormicidaeFormicidae Index Ants More Ants in Australia Caste Systems, Colonies and Anthills Invasive Ants in Australia Camponotus Ants Camponotus aurocinctus Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant) Camponotus inflatus (Honey Ant) Camponotus innexus (Antarctic Sugar Ant) Chelaner kiliani (Mono Ant) Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly Ant) Dolichoderus scabridus Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Red-headed Spider Ant) Melophorus bagoti Myrmecia brevinoda (Nocturnal Bull Ant) Myrmecia gulosa (Red Bull Ant) Myrmecia impaternata Myrmecia mandibularis Myrmecia nigrocincta (Jumping Jack Ant) Myrmecia pilosula (Jack Jumper Ant) Myrmecia pyriformis (Inch Ant) Myrmecia rubripes (Bullant) Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant) Notoncus gilberti Notoncus spinisquamis Odontomachus sp (Trap-jaw Ant) Oecophylla smaragdina (Green Tree Ant) Polyrhachis Rhytidoponera aspera Rhytidoponera metallica (Green-head Ant)

The Camponotus Ants are a group known as Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies. They are large ants that build nests inside wood (usually in dead or damp wood), and unlike the termites, they do not consume wood.


Camponotus aeneopilosus (Golden-tailed Sugar Ant)
Camponotus aeneopilosus (Golden-tailed Sugar Ant), Batemans Bay NSW © Phil Warburton
Camponotus aeneopilosus (Golden-tailed Sugar Ant), Batemans Bay NSW © Phil Warburton
Camponotus aeneopilosus (Golden-tailed Sugar Ant), Batemans Bay NSW © Phil Warburton
Camponotus aeneopilosus (Golden-tailed Sugar Ant), Batemans Bay NSW © Phil Warburton

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Vespoidea
  • Family: Formicidae
  • Subfamily: Formicinae
  • Tribe: Camponotini
  • Genus: Camponotus
  • Species: Camponotus aeneopilosus
    • Camponotus aeneopilosus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
    • Camponotus aeneopilosus flavidopubescens Forel, 1902

Camponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862, Golden Black Sugar Ant, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Camponotus aeneopilosus


Camponotus aurocinctus

— for more information, see Camponotus aurocinctus

Camponotus aurocinctus, Leinster WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Camponotus aurocinctus, Leinster WA © Jean and Fred Hort

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Verspoidea
  • Family: Formicidae
  • Subfamily: Formicinae
  • Tribe: Camponotini
  • Genus: Camponotus
  • Species: Camponotus aurocinctus

Camponotus aurocinctus (Smith, 1858), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Camponotus aurocinctus


Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant)
Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant), Batemans Bay NSW © Phil Warburton
Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant), Batemans Bay NSW © Phil Warburton

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Vespoidea
  • Family: Formicidae
  • Subfamily: Formicinae
  • Tribe: Camponotini
  • Genus: Camponotus
  • Species: Camponotus consobrinus

Camponotus consobrinus (Erichson, 1842), Banded Sugar Ant, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Camponotus consobrinus


Footnote & References

  1. Camponotus Mayr, 1861, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Camponotus

FormicidaeFormicidae Index Ants More Ants in Australia Caste Systems, Colonies and Anthills Invasive Ants in Australia Camponotus Ants Camponotus aurocinctus Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant) Camponotus inflatus (Honey Ant) Camponotus innexus (Antarctic Sugar Ant) Chelaner kiliani (Mono Ant) Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly Ant) Dolichoderus scabridus Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Red-headed Spider Ant) Melophorus bagoti Myrmecia brevinoda (Nocturnal Bull Ant) Myrmecia gulosa (Red Bull Ant) Myrmecia impaternata Myrmecia mandibularis Myrmecia nigrocincta (Jumping Jack Ant) Myrmecia pilosula (Jack Jumper Ant) Myrmecia pyriformis (Inch Ant) Myrmecia rubripes (Bullant) Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant) Notoncus gilberti Notoncus spinisquamis Odontomachus sp (Trap-jaw Ant) Oecophylla smaragdina (Green Tree Ant) Polyrhachis Rhytidoponera aspera Rhytidoponera metallica (Green-head Ant)

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