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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) » Chestnut Carpenter Ant (Camponotus castaneus)

Species Camponotus castaneus - Chestnut Carpenter Ant

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Internet References
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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 Tanaemyrmex)
Species castaneus (Chestnut Carpenter Ant)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) castaneus (Latreille)
Explanation of Names
castaneus (L). 'chestnut-colored' (Internet searches)
Size
7-10 mm, major workers larger (?)
Identification
Typical Carpenter Ant, large and uniformly reddish orange. See Mississippi Entomological Museum.
Range
e US (BG data)
Habitat
Nests in rotting logs, soil under rocks, etc., or even in exposed soil.
Season
All year of course. Alates noted May-June (Mississippi) and September (Mississippi, North Carolina)
See Also
Camponotus americanus
Internet References
Mississippi Entomological Museum
Contributed by Cotinis on 11 May, 2007 - 3:42am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, KenW, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 25 October, 2021 - 3:05pm

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