| Myrmentoma | |
|---|---|
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| Camponotus essigi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmentoma Forel, 1912 [1] |
| Species | |
Myrmentoma, the cleft-lip carpenter ants, [2] is a subgenus of Camponotus , the carpenter ants. [1] Its Nearctic species nest in galls, branches and stems of plants, under tree bark, in wood and buildings, or soil. Colonies are generally small with a few dozen or a few hundred workers. [3]