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.

There is no data about harmful of this species. Don't forget to be careful.

- 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

- 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.

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