| Camponotus laevigatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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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 2 3 4 5 "Camponotus laevigatus". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ↑ 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.
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