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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 Myrmentoma (Camponotus Subgenus Myrmentoma) » Camponotus texanus
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Camponotus texanus - male
Copyright © 2008 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Camponotus texanus - Male
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
February 24, 2008

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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 24 February, 2008 - 9:49pm
Last updated 1 February, 2019 - 1:19pm

Moved
Moved from Tropical Carpenter Ant.

I think this is a Camponotus texanus instead. Could not find any male atriceps online but the imaged male has thicker legs than male floridanus (a similar species). C. texanus is in range and more common in San Antonio, and the pictures of other males online matches up well to the leg color and thoracic pattern.
… Steven Wang, 1 February, 2019 - 1:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 February, 2010 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Hmmm...
looks like two pair of wings and a constricted "waist", so probably Hymenoptera. How big was it? I'm thinking a winged ant or small wasp, but let's see what more knowledgable folks think...
… Ken Schneider, 25 February, 2008 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

 
Ken- Thanks! Ant size.
Ken- Thanks! Ant size.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 25 February, 2008 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Ant.
I'm reasonably certain this is a winged male ant of some kind.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 February, 2008 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
male Camponotus
Probably a male of C. atriceps. Compare with this set of images of male of the very closely related C. floridanus http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0103676&shot=p1&project=floridaants
… James C. Trager, 1 September, 2009 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Eric- thanks! renamed and mov
Eric- thanks! renamed and moved to Formicidae level
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 25 February, 2008 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

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