Biology:Camponotus laevigatus

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Short description: Species of ant

Camponotus laevigatus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Species:
C. laevigatus
Binomial name
Camponotus laevigatus
(Smith, F., 1858)
Synonyms[1]
  • Formica laevigata Smith, F. 1858
  • Camponotus quercicola Smith, M.R. 1954

Camponotus laevigatus is a species of carpenter ant native to California.[1][2] It nests in the dead branches of oaks such as Quercus wislizeni (interior live oak).[1]

The more widespread ant formerly called C. laevigatus is now called Camponotus laevissimus.[1] According to AntWiki, "most literature (probably except for the original description) as well as specimens in museums labelled as C. laevigatus actually refer to C. laevissimus."[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Camponotus laevigatus" (in en). https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Camponotus_laevigatus. 
  2. Ward, Philip S.; Boudinot, Brendon E. (19 April 2021). "Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 37–56. doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978. 

Wikidata ☰ Q11036411 entry