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Tribe Camponotini

Ants in a tree - Camponotus chromaiodes largest ants i've seen - Camponotus chromaiodes Yellow ants - Camponotus castaneus Large Ant  - Camponotus chromaiodes Carpenter Ants? - Camponotus chromaiodes Is this a crazy ant? Seems too big to be. - Camponotus sexguttatus Camponotus americanus - female Colobopsis mississippiensis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Camponotini
Explanation of Names
Camponotini Forel 1878
Numbers
~2,500 spp. in 8 genera total
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