page_title: List of ants of Australia
section_title: Camponotus
hierarchical_section_title: List of ants of Australia / Camponotus
caption_attribution_description: English: Swarm of black sugar ants (Camponotus aeneopilosus) clinging to the overturned rock under which they had built their nest
context_page_description: The ant fauna of Australia is large and diverse. As of 1999, Australia and its external territories represent 1,275 described taxa divided into 103 genera and 10 subfamilies. No publication since 1999 has estimated the current diversity of Australia's ant fauna, although it has considerably increased in size as the total amount of subfamilies in Australia today is around twelve. Very few species in the country are known to be invasive.
  Australia is home to two-thirds of the worlds subfamilies, one-third of known genera, 15% of all described species, and some genera found in Australia can be found nowhere else or they are found in neighboring countries instead. Australia's ant diversity is smaller than Central America, South America and Southeast Asia, it has roughly the same number of genera and species as the Orient and surpasses the amount of ants known in Europe, North America, Northern Asia and Northern Africa. The state of Queensland has the greatest diversity of ants in the world, with more than 1,400 species known within its borders. The total amount of species known in Australia could possibly be over 6,500, with only one in five ants being described.
context_section_description: References:
  Camponotus adami Forel, 1910
  Camponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862 – Golden-tailed sugar ant
  Camponotus afflatus Viehmeyer, 1925
  Camponotus anderseni McArthur & Shattuck, 2001
  Camponotus andyyoungi McArthur, 2008
  Camponotus annetteae McArthur & Shattuck, 2001
  Camponotus arcuatus Mayr, 1876
  Camponotus arenatus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
  Camponotus armstrongi McAreavey, 1949
  Camponotus aurocinctus (Smith, 1858) – Golden bearded sugar ant
  Camponotus bigenus Santschi, 1919
  Camponotus cameratus Viehmeyer, 1925
  Camponotus capito Mayr, 1876
  Camponotus ceriseipes Clark, 1938 – Southern bearded sugar ant
  Camponotus chalceoides Clark, 1938
  Camponotus chalceus Crawley, 1915
  Camponotus chloroticus Emery, 1897
  Camponotus christmasensis McArthur, 2008
  Camponotus churchetti McArthur, 2008
  Camponotus cinereus Mayr, 1876 – Mallee black sugar ant
  Camponotus clarior Forel, 1902
  Camponotus claripes Mayr, 1876 – Pale legged sugar ant
  Camponotus conithorax Emery, 1914
  Camponotus consectator (Smith, 1858)
  Camponotus consobrinus (Erichson, 1842) – Banded sugar ant/Sugar ant
  Camponotus cowlei Froggatt, 1896
  Camponotus crenatus Mayr, 1876
  Camponotus crozieri McArthur & Leys, 2006
  Camponotus darlingtoni Wheeler, 1934
  Camponotus discors Forel, 1902 – Yellow disc sugar ants
  Camponotus donnellani Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
  Camponotus dromas Santschi, 1919
  Camponotus dryandrae McArthur & Adams, 1996
  Camponotus eastwoodi McArthur & Adams, 1996
  Camponotus elegans Forel, 1902
  Camponotus ephippium (Smith, 1858) – Jumbuck sugar ant
  Camponotus eremicus Wheeler, 1915
  Camponotus esau Forel, 1915
  Camponotus evae Forel, 1910 – Black disc sugar ant
  Camponotus extensus Mayr, 1876
  Camponotus ezotus Bolton, 1995
  Camponotus fergusoni McArthur, 2003
  Camponotus fieldeae Forel, 1902
  Camponotus fieldellus Forel, 1910
  Camponotus fraseri McArthur, 2008
  Camponotus froggatti Forel, 1902
  Camponotus gasseri (Forel, 1894) – Southern plug ant
  Camponotus gibbinotus Forel, 1902
  Camponotus gouldianus Forel, 1922
  Camponotus guidae McArthur, 2007
  Camponotus hartogi Forel, 1902
  Camponotus horni Clark, 1930
  Camponotus howensis Wheeler, 1927 – Lord Howe Island rectangle plug ant
  Camponotus humilior Forel, 1902 – Household sugar ant
  Camponotus inflatus Lubbock, 1880 – Australian honey-pot ant
  Camponotus innexus Forel, 1902 – Antarctic sugar ant
  Camponotus insipidus Forel, 1893
  Camponotus intrepidus (Kirby, 1818) – Coastal flumed sugar ant
  Camponotus janeti Forel, 1895
  Camponotus janforrestae McArthur & Shattuck, 2001
  Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992
  Camponotus judithmorrisae McArthur, 2008
  Camponotus leae Wheeler, 1915
  Camponotus lividicoxis Viehmeyer, 1925
  Camponotus longideclivis McArthur & Adams, 1995
  Camponotus longifacies McArthur, 2003
  Camponotus loweryi McArthur & Adams, 1996
  Camponotus lownei Forel, 1895
  Camponotus macareaveyi Taylor, 1992
  Camponotus mackayensis Forel, 1902
  Camponotus malleensis McArthur, 2007
  Camponotus marcens Forel, 1907
  Camponotus michaelseni Forel, 1907
  Camponotus minimus Crawley, 1922
  Camponotus molossus Forel, 1907 – Western flumed sugar ant
  Camponotus nigriceps (Smith, 1858) – Black-headed sugar ant
  Camponotus nigroaeneus (Smith, 1858) – Southern black sugar ant
  Camponotus novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870 – Northern common sugar ant
  Camponotus oetkeri Forel, 1910
  Camponotus owensae Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
  Camponotus oxleyi Forel, 1902
  Camponotus palkura McArthur, 2007
  Camponotus pallidiceps Emery, 1887
  Camponotus pawseyi McArthur, 2003
  Camponotus pellax Santschi, 1919 – Silver sugar ant
  Camponotus perjurus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
  Camponotus peseshus Bolton, 1995
  Camponotus philwardi McArthur, 2008
  Camponotus piliventris (Smith, 1858)
  Camponotus pitjantjatarae McArthur, 2003
  Camponotus postcornutus Clark, 1930
  Camponotus prosseri Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
  Camponotus prostans Forel, 1910 – Western sugar ant
  Camponotus punctiventris Emery, 1920
  Camponotus rubiginosus Mayr, 1876 – Coconut sugar ants
  Camponotus rudis McArthur, 2003
  Camponotus rufonigrus Shattuck & McArthur, 2002
  Camponotus rufus Crawley, 1925
  Camponotus samueli McArthur, 2008
  Camponotu
caption: Camponotus aeneopilosus
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