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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) » Subgenus Myrmothrix (Camponotus Subgenus Myrmothrix) » Florida Carpenter Ant (Camponotus floridanus)

Species Camponotus floridanus - Florida Carpenter Ant

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Aphid farm protector - Camponotus floridanus camponotus floridanus? - Camponotus floridanus Ants, scales, and phorid fly? - Camponotus floridanus Bull Ant/Florida Harvester Ant? - Camponotus floridanus 261613 - Camponotus floridanus - female Ant #2 - Camponotus floridanus fungal infection of ant - Camponotus floridanus Red & Black Ant - Camponotus floridanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Genus Camponotus (Carpenter Ants)
No Taxon (Subgenus Myrmothrix)
Species floridanus (Florida Carpenter Ant)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formica floridana Buckley 1866
Camponotus abdominalis floridanus
Range
Southeast coastal plain of USA; also Central and South America
See Also
Profuse erect hairs throughout the body distinguish this species from the otherwise very similar C. socius. [comment by Richard Vernier]
Internet References
Fact sheets by J. Warner & R.H. Scheffrahn, J.A. MacGown(1)
Works Cited
1.Ants of the Southeastern United States by Joe A. MacGown
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 20 May, 2008 - 4:51pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 5 February, 2011 - 12:38pm

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