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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 Camponotus (Camponotus Subgenus Camponotus) » Western Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus modoc)

Species Camponotus modoc - Western Black Carpenter Ant

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Habitat · Internet References
Camponotus herculeanus? - Camponotus modoc - female Winged Queen - Camponotus modoc - female Formicidae 7-06-11 02a - Camponotus modoc Formicidae 7-06-11 02b - Camponotus modoc portland Bioblitz 2012 PDX13 - Camponotus modoc ant queen ? - Camponotus modoc - female Carpenter Ant - Camponotus modoc High altitude Camponotus - Camponotus modoc
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 Camponotus)
Species modoc (Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Other Common Names
Known simply as the black carpenter ant in the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest, I suggest prefacing with "Western" to distinguish from C. pennsylvanicus.
Range
Mountains of western US and southwestern Canada (apparently nowhere sympatric with the closely related C. pennsylvanicus)
Habitat
Conifer forest, in dead wood. Also in wood structures.
Internet References
Camponotus modoc at AntWeb
Contributed by tom murray on 15 July, 2006 - 7:33am
Additional contributions by James C. Trager, PaleoJon
Last updated 10 November, 2020 - 12:10am

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