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Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792) T. Camponotus texanus. Camponotus tahatensis Santschi, 1929; Camponotus tafo Rakotonirina, Csösz & Fisher ...
Carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) are large ants (workers 7 to 13 mm or 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 in) indigenous to many forested parts of the world. [4]They build nests inside wood, consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles or jaws, preferably in dead, damp wood.
The queens can reach a length of 19–21 mm and the largest workers (super majors) can achieve similar sizes of around 14–17 mm . They, along with several other Camponotus species, are among the largest species of ant in North America. As with all ants, the antennae are geniculate (elbowed).
Camponotini is a tribe containing 2 extinct ant genera and 8 extant ant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants). [1] Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis , also called the zombie-ant fungus.
Camponotus maccooki is a species of carpenter ant native to the western United States, British Columbia, Baja California, and possibly Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] References
Camponotus americanus is a species of carpenter ant. The ant is above average in length with worker ants being 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long. Despite normally nesting in soil, it is known that the species may nest under stones, under litter, or in rotten logs.
Camponotus castanicola. Donisthorpe, 1943. Camponotus castanicola is an ant in the genus Camponotus native to the Philippines. [1] [2] References This page was last ...
Camponotus vittatus is a species of carpenter ant and one of the most common ants found around households in South America, particularly Brazil. It was originally described by Auguste Forel in 1904. [1] The species is relatively large, caramel-coloured, omnivorous, [2] and fast-moving.