Camponotus laevigatus

Camponotus laevigatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: 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, formerly Camponotus quercicola,[2] is a species of carpenter ant native to California.[1] 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 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][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Camponotus laevigatus". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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): 37. doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978. Retrieved 8 September 2024.


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