Camponotus empedocles

Camponotus empedocles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Tanaemyrmex
Species:
C. empedocles
Binomial name
Camponotus empedocles
Emery, 1920
Synonyms
  • C. maculatus r. thales var. empedocles Forel, 1913
  • C. thales var. empedocles Emery, 1920
  • C. maculatus ssp. empedocles Arnold, 1922

Camponotus empedocles is a large and dark species of carpenter ant with an extensive range in the Afrotropics.