Camponotus floridanus

Camponotus floridanus
Camponotus floridanus worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Myrmothrix
Species:
C. floridanus
Binomial name
Camponotus floridanus
(Buckley, 1866)

Camponotus floridanus, or Florida carpenter ant,[1] is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus.[2] First described as Formica floridana by Buckley in 1866,[3] the species was moved to Camponotus by Mayr in 1886.[4] The ant is widespread in Florida and occurs as far north as North Carolina and as far west as Mississippi.

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