Honeypot ants, also called honey ants, are ants which have specialized workers that consume large amounts of food to the point that their abdomens swell enormously. Other ants then extract nourishment from them, through the process of trophallaxis. They function as living larders. Honeypot ants belong to any of several genera, including Myrmecocystus and Camponotus. They were first documented in 1881 by Henry C. McCook, and described further in 1908 by William Morton Wheeler.
Camponotus silvestrii is a species of carpenter ant in the genus Camponotus native to northern Brazil.
Camponotus mina is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of northern Mexico, California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, and possibly Wyoming, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
Camponotus texanus is a species of carpenter ant native to Texas, Nuevo Leon, and possibly Arizona.
Camponotus vicinus is a species of carpenter ant widespread throughout western North America; it is found from Alaska, south to Mexico, and east to Texas and Manitoba. Unlike its wood-nesting relatives, C. vicinus is typically found nesting in the soil under stones and other objects.
Camponotus ocreatus is a species of carpenter ant native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Camponotus discolor is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, North Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, and possibly California, Montana, Utah, and Colorado.
Camponotus decipiens is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, and possibly Utah, Arizona, Sonora, and California. The specific epithet of the scientific name, decipiens, comes from Latin "dēcipiens", meaning "decieving, cheating, or trapping".
Camponotus essigi is a species of carpenter ant native to the western United States, possibly Coahuila, and invasive in Trinidad and Tobago.
Camponotus subbarbatus. also known as the bearded carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to eastern North America.
Camponotus sayi is a species of carpenter ant native to the southwest United States, northern Mexico, and possibly North Dakota, Ontario, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.
Camponotus clarithorax is a species of carpenter ant of the subgenus Camponotus native to California, Oregon, the Baja California Peninsula, and possibly the eastern United States. This species is found in Oregon, California, and Baja California.
Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus Myrmepomis.
Camponotus fallax is a species of carpenter ant native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and possibly North America and South Korea.
Camponotus obscuripes is a species of carpenter ant native to Japan, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Jeju Island, and possibly other parts of East Asia and Russia.
Camponotus pudorosus is a species of carpenter ant native to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Mexico, and Guatemala. Originally described in 1925 by Carlo Emery and synonymized by W. W. Kempf in 1972, the species was revived in 2006 from the Camponotus festinatus complex by Roy Snelling.
Camponotus vafer is a species of carpenter ant native to northern Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona, and possibly Wyoming.
Camponotus inaequalis is a species of carpenter ant native to Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba.
Camponotus conspicuus is a species of carpenter ant native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Camponotus heathi is a species of carpenter ant native to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, and Colombia. C. heathi is the only described species in the subgenus Myrmodirhachis, although another undescribed species Camponotus JTL-055 shares similar traits.
