Camponotus atriceps

Camponotus atriceps
C. atriceps worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Myrmothrix
Species:
C. atriceps
Binomial name
Camponotus atriceps
(Smith, 1858)[1]
Synonyms

Camponotus abdominalis Fabricius, 1804

Camponotus atriceps, previously referred as C. abdominalis, is a species of carpenter ant, endemic to the Americas.

Habitat

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It has been found in a variety of moist and forested habitats, including wet lowland and rainforest, tropical rainforests, pine or oak forests, wet montane forest, and in mature wet forest.[2] It occurs from near sea level to as high as 2,290 meters.[2]

Subspecies

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There is one accepted subspecies, Camponotus atriceps nocens Wheeler, 1911.[2][3]

Parasites

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A variety of parasites have been identified from the subspecies, Camponotus abdominalis floridanus. These include the inquilines Microdon fulgens, Myrmecophila pergandei, an undetermined species of Atelurinae, Alachua floridensis and Obeza floridana. The cockroach, Myrmecoblatta wheeleri has also been found associated with the ant in southern Florida.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "ITIS - Report: Camponotus abdominalis".
  2. ^ a b c "Species: Camponotus atriceps (Smith, 1858)". AntWeb v5.33.1. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ Bolton, Barry. "Camponotus atriceps (Smith, 1858)". AntCat. antcat.org. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  4. ^ Obeza floridana, a Parasitoid of Camponotus abdominalis floridanus from Florida (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae, Formicidae) Lloyd R. Davis, Jr. and Donald P. Jouvenaz. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 73, No. 2 (Jun., 1990), pp. 335-337
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