Species Camponotus castaneus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Habitat · Season · See Also · Internet References

Foraging carpenter - Camponotus castaneus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Formicinae

Genus Camponotus (Carpenter Ants)

Species castaneus (Camponotus castaneus)

Other Common Names

Reddish Carpenter Ant

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Part of subgenus Tanaemyrmex.

Explanation of Names

Author is Latreille. From Latin, meaning chestnut-colored (Internet searches).

Size

7-10 mm, major workers larger (?)

Identification

Typical Carpenter Ant, large and uniformly reddish orange. See Mississippi Entomological Museum.

Habitat

Nests in rotting logs, soil under rocks, etc., or even in exposed soil.

Season

All year of course. Alates noted May-June (Mississippi) and September (Mississippi, North Carolina)

See Also

Camponotus americanus

Internet References

Mississippi Entomological Museum

Antweb

Washington, D.C. Biodiversity

Contributed by Cotinis on 11 May, 2007 - 3:42am

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