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Subgenus Myrmentoma

Carpenter Ant? - Camponotus nearcticus Camponotus - Camponotus snellingi Camponotus? - Camponotus anthrax Camponotus? - Camponotus nearcticus ant - Camponotus nearcticus Brown ant with dark head and black tail (3) - Camponotus nearcticus winged ant (?) at moth light - Camponotus nearcticus Camponotus nearcticus Worker - Camponotus nearcticus
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 Myrmentoma
Remarks
"The Nearctic forms of this subgenus nest in insect galls, in branches and stems of plants, under bark of trees, in wood and buildings, and sometimes in the soil. Colonies are small, consisting of a few dozen to several hundred individuals." (1)
Internet References
Taxonomic Notes on Myrmentoma (PDF, key to subgenus)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 March, 2010 - 6:55pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 28 May, 2010 - 9:23pm

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