Red Carpenter Ant
Camponotus chromaiodes (Fabricius, 1798)
Red Carpenter Ant: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/9078
Synonyms
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant  Formica ferruginea 
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This common eastern U.S. species typically nests around rotting logs and stumps, with colonies often extending into the soil below. Frequently colonizes wooden beams in buildings. Also found in moist, rich woodlands and dry hardwood forests (See Frye et al., 2014).

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Camponotus chromaiodes
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. chromaiodes
Binomial name
Camponotus chromaiodes
Bolton, 1995

Camponotus chromaiodes, known generally as, the ferruginous carpenter ant or red carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, Nebraska, Kansas, and possibly California.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Acetobacteraceae are found in the guts of workers in this species.[9]

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References

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  1. ^ "Camponotus chromaiodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ^ "Camponotus chromaiodes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. ^ "Camponotus chromaiodes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ^ "Camponotus chromaiodes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. ^ Ward, Philip S.; Blaimer, Bonnie B.; Fisher, Brian L. (2016). "A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex". Zootaxa. 4072 (3). Magnolia Press: 343–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4. PMID 27395929.
  6. ^ Christopher M. Wilson; Autumn Smith-Herron (2016). "Morphology of the male genitalia of Brachymyrmex and their implications in the Formicinae phylogeny". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 50. Pensoft Publishers: 81–95. doi:10.3897/JHR.50.8697. ISSN 1070-9428.
  7. ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  8. ^ Economo, Evan; Guénard, Benoit. "antmaps.org Camponotus chromaiodes". antmaps.org. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  9. ^ Brown, Bryan P.; Wernegreen, Jennifer J. (11 July 2016). "Deep divergence and rapid evolutionary rates in gut-associated Acetobacteraceae of ants". BMC Microbiology. 16 (1): 140. doi:10.1186/s12866-016-0721-8. ISSN 1471-2180. PMC 4939635. PMID 27400652.

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