Biology:Camponotus laevissimus
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Short description: Species of ant
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. laevissimus
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| Camponotus laevissimus McKay, 2019
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Camponotus laevissimus (formerly C. laevigatus), the giant carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to western Canada , the United States , and Mexico.[2][1] Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimeters in length. General coloration is shiny black with a blue tint;[3] The body is covered in short white hairs.[3] The species, which is primarily diurnal,[3] tends to make its nests by hollowing out redwoods.[4] It feeds on the pupae of the western spruce budworm.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, F.)". http://www.navajonature.org/ants/formicinae/camponotus-laevigatus.html. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Camponotus laevissimus" (in en). https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Camponotus_laevissimus.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 83
- ↑ Schoenherr, Allan A. (1992). A Natural History of California. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-520-069226. https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00scho. Retrieved 16 August 2014. "camponotus laevigatus."
- ↑ Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 2
- Hansen, Laurel Dianne; Klotz, John H. (2005). Carpenter Ants of the United States and Canada. China: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-4262-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=mYagB0FJQVcC&dq=Camponotus+laevigatus&pg=PA26. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q110251474 entry
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