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Carpenter ant

Camponotus herculeanus (Queen)

Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Winged Male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Diversity
1017 species
Species

See text. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,933 × 2,900 pixels, file size: 967 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Carpenter_ant_drone_wiki. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). ... Tribes, Genera and Species Species: Formica rufa Genus: Camponotus(World-wide) Formica, Lasius(Holartic) Gigantiops(Neotropical) Polyrhachis(Asian, African tropics) Melophorus(Australian) Kyromyrma(Cretaceous fossil) Tribes: Camponotini Formicini Gesomyrmecini Gigantiopini Lasiini Melophorini Myrmecorhynchini Myrmoteratini Notostigmatini Oecophyllini Plagiolepidini The Formicinae is a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary... This is a list of extant valid species and subspecies of the formicine ant genus Camponotus. ... For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ...

Carpenter ants are large ants (¼ in–1 in) indigenous to many parts of the world. They prefer dead, damp wood in which to build nests. Sometimes carpenter ants will hollow out sections of trees. The most likely species to be infesting a house is the Black carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus. For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... In the field of ecology, an indigenous species is an organism which is native to a region or ecosystem. ... For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (De Geer, 1773) The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is a species of carpenter ant. ...


All ants in this genus possess an obligate bacterial endosymbiont called Blochmannia. This bacterium has a small genome, and retains genes to biosynthesize essential amino acids and other nutrients. This suggests the bacterium plays a role in ant nutrition. Many Camponotus species are also infected with Wolbachia, another endosymbiont that is widespread across insect groups. Look up obligate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Phyla Actinobacteria Aquificae Chlamydiae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Lentisphaerae Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Verrucomicrobia Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are unicellular microorganisms. ... An endosymbiont (also known as intracellular symbiont) is any organism that lives within cells of another organism, i. ... In chemistry, an amino acid is any molecule that contains both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. ... Wolbachia is a genus of inherited bacterium that infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of all insects. ...


Species

This list of species is incomplete, see List of Camponotus species for a complete listing of species and subspecies. This is a list of extant valid species and subspecies of the formicine ant genus Camponotus. ...

  • Camponotus atriceps - one of the many kinds of carpenter ants that can bite and release a painful acid.
  • Camponotus chromaiodes
  • Camponotus consobrinus — sugar ant
  • Camponotus crassus Mayr, 1862
  • Camponotus ferrugineus (Fab.) — red carpenter ant
  • Camponotus gigas
  • Camponotus herculeanus
  • Camponotus kaura
  • Camponotus ligniperda — an important species in Europe
  • Camponotus nearcticus (Emery) — smaller carpenter ant
  • Camponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer) — black carpenter ant
  • Camponotus punctulatus (Mayr) — Tacuru ant
  • Camponotus saundersi — Malaysian ant
  • Camponotus sericeus
  • Camponotus taino
  • Camponotus variegatus

Binomial name Camponotus consobrinus (Erichson, 1842) The sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus) - also known as the banded sugar ant — is a relatively large ant, exclusive to Australia noticble by their orange-brown bodies, black head and manidbles. ... Camponotus gigas is a large species of ant, native to Southeast Asian forests. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (De Geer, 1773) The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is a species of carpenter ant. ... The Camponotus saundersi (Malaysian ant) carry poison sacks throughout their body. ... Binomial name Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798) Camponotus sericeus is a species of ant. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (800x601, 141 KB) Summary Carpenter ants, natural environment, (lat 42. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Holzschaden. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (673x745, 68 KB) Eine Königinn der Rossameisen, ausgestellt im Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum Hannover. ...

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