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