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Subgenus Tanaemyrmex

night ants - Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus castaneus? - Camponotus castaneus - female Camponotus festinatus? - Camponotus festinatus Orange ant on dying milkweed plant - Camponotus castaneus Camponotus vicinus - female Ants found under rock - Camponotus castaneus Large Citronella Ants? - Camponotus castaneus - female Camponotus festinatus? - Camponotus
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
Remarks
"Most species of this subgenus nest in the soil under stones or other objects; occasionally nests may be surmounted by a small crater. The ants rarely nest in wood, but, if so, the wood is usually buried in the soil." (1)
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.