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Species Camponotus planatus - Compact Carpenter Ant

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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 Myrmobrachys)
Species planatus (Compact Carpenter Ant)
Other Common Names
Short Carpenter Ant
Explanation of Names
Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863
Range
Houston, TX to Venezuela, Cuba(1)(2); introduced in Florida (3) - Map (1)
Spreading north in recent years to other Gulf Coast states.
Print References
O’Keefe, S.T., J.L. Cook, T. Dudek, D.F. Wunneburger, M.D. Guzman, R.N. Coulson, and S.B. Vinson. 2000. The distribution of ants in Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplemental Issue No. 22. 92 pp. (2)
Internet References
AntWeb (1)
Fact sheet by J. Warner & R.H. Scheffrahn
Works Cited
1.Ward P.S. (2002-) AntWeb
2.The distribution of ants in Texas.
O’Keefe, S.T., J.L. Cook, T. Dudek, D.F. Wunneburger, M.D. Guzman, R.N. Coulson, and S.B. Vinson. 2000. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplemental Issue No. 22. 92 pp.
3.Exotic ants in Florida
Deyrup M., Davis L., Cover S. 2000. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 126: 293-326.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 23 November, 2006 - 2:29pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, Steven Wang
Last updated 25 February, 2019 - 4:43pm

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