Camponotus essigi

Camponotus essigi
Camponotus essigi AntWeb specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Myrmentoma
Species:	C. essigi
Binomial name
Camponotus essigi Smith, 1923

Camponotus essigi is a species of carpenter ant native to the western United States and possibly Coahuila. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} A mislabeled specimen apparently from Trinidad and Tobago, outside of its typical distribution, was determined to be a location error by R. R. Snelling in 2000. ^[6]

References

1. "Camponotus essigi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Camponotus essigi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Camponotus essigi species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. Economo, Evan; Guénard, Benoit. "antmaps.org Camponotus essigi". antmaps.org. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
6. Snelling, Roy R. (2000). "A Review of the Camponotus montivagus Complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 36 (3): 599–611. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

Further reading

• Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.