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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Camponotini » Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) » Subgenus Tanaemyrmex (Camponotus Subgenus Tanaemyrmex) » Camponotus ocreatus

Species Camponotus ocreatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Ground-nesting ant - Camponotus ocreatus - female Ground-nesting ant - Camponotus ocreatus - female orange ant - Camponotus ocreatus Flightless wasp? - Camponotus ocreatus Ant? - Camponotus ocreatus Camponotus ocreatus - female Arizona ant 15mm - Camponotus ocreatus Madera Ant - Camponotus ocreatus
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
Genus Camponotus (Carpenter Ants)
No Taxon (Subgenus Tanaemyrmex)
Species ocreatus (Camponotus ocreatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Camponotus ocreatus Emery 1893
Identification
Very large major workers, among the largest Camponotus in the US based on worker size. US queens of Tanaemyrmex however are often slightly smaller than other species in the Camponotus subgenus, even in the largest species.
Range
CA, NV, AZ, NM, TX, south into Mexico.
Habitat
Ground nesting in soil
Remarks
Seems to be more dominant in the central parts of the range, especially in central and southern Arizona.
See Also
Large ants, very similar:
Camponotus acutirostris
Smaller but similar color pattern, especially with lighter morphs on the western end of their range:
Camponotus sansabeanus
Internet References
Antwiki
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 25 December, 2009 - 9:18am
Additional contributions by Steven Wang
Last updated 17 January, 2020 - 8:49pm

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