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Camponotus floridanus, or Florida carpenter ant, [1] is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus. [2] First described as Formica floridana by Buckley in 1866, [3] the species was moved to Camponotus by Mayr in 1886. [4] The ant is widespread in Florida and occurs as far north as North Carolina and as far west as Mississippi.
Carpenter ant (Camponotus sp.)The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little tendency toward reduction of palp or antennal segmentation in most species, except subterranean groups.
Dark rover ants are small brown ants that are typically less than 2.5 millimeters in length. [10] Worker ants in this species range from 1.0mm to 2.0mm, whereas queens are around 3.0mm. [12] Males are around 1.0mm in length. [12] The antennae of the worker ants contain nine segments which is common among all species of Brachymyrmex.
The longhorn crazy ant is able to invade new habitats and outcompete other species of ants. In 1991, in the large closed dome of the research station Biosphere 2 in the Arizona Desert, no particular ant species was dominant. By 1996, the longhorn crazy ant had virtually replaced all the other ant species.
Ants (family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera) are the most species-rich of all social insects, with more than 12,000 described species and many others awaiting description. [1] Formicidae is divided into 21 subfamilies , of which 17 contain extant taxa , while four are exclusively fossil . [ 2 ]
Brachymyrmex is a genus in the ants subfamily Formicinae. [2] The genus can be recognized by the combination of having nine antennal segments (fewer than most ants) and the petiole concealed by the gaster in dorsal view. They are sometimes called "rover ants". [3] [4]
Formica archboldi F. archboldi are the darker-colored ants in this image, the reddish-orange one in the center is a Polyergus lucidus queen Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Formicinae Tribe: Formicini Genus: Formica Species: F. archboldi Binomial name Formica archboldi Smith, 1944 ...
The captured ants are generally referred to as "slaves" in scientific and popular literature, though recent attempts have been made to apply other human cultural models. Some of these describe the Polyergus as "raiders", "pirates", or "kidnappers". They also describe the Formica workers as "helper-ants" or "domesticated animals".