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Compact Carpenter Ant

Camponotus planatus
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Summary

Camponotus planatus, known generally as the compact carpenter ant or short carpenter ant, is one of three Camponotus species that is polygynous (having more than one queen), it also is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.

Compact Carpenter Ant

Camponotus planatus
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Scientific classification

kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Insecta
order: Hymenoptera
family: Formicidae
genus: Camponotus

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Subspecies

- Camponotus planatus acaciae Emery, 1920 - Camponotus planatus colombicus Forel, 1899 - Camponotus planatus continentis Forel, 1901 - Camponotus planatus esdras Forel, 1916 - Camponotus planatus planatus Roger, 1863

References

- Hansson C, Lachaud J, Pérez-Lachaud G (2011). "Entedoninae wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in tropical America, with new species and notes on their biology". ZooKeys 134: 62–82.

Further reading

- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.