Camponotini

Camponotini
Camponotus ligniperda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini Forel, 1878
Type genus
Camponotus Mayr, 1861

Camponotini is a tribe containing 2 extinct ant genera and 11 extant ant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants). ^[1] Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis , also called the zombie-ant fungus. ^[2]

Genera

• Calomyrmex Emery, 1895
• Camponotus Mayr, 1861
• † Chimaeromyrma Dlussky, 1988
• Colobopsis Mayr, 1861
• Dinomyrmex Ashmead, 1905
• Echinopla Smith, 1857
• Lathidris Ward et al, 2025
• Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893
• Overbeckia Viehmeyer, 1916
• Polyrhachis Smith, 1857
• † Pseudocamponotus Carpenter, 1930
• Retalimyrma Ward et al, 2025
• Uwari Ward et al, 2025

References

1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Camponotini". AntCat. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
2. Araújo JP, Evans HC, Kepler R, Hughes DP (June 2018). "Ophiocordyceps. I. Myrmecophilous hirsutelloid species". Studies in Mycology. 90: 119–160. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.12.002 . PMC   6002356 . PMID   29910522.