Camponotus ligniperda | |
---|---|
Worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Subgenus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. ligniperda
|
Binomial name | |
Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
|
Camponotus ligniperda, the brown-black carpenter ant, is a common species of carpenter ant distributed widely throughout Europe.[1][2] Found in a variety of woodland habitats, they commonly nest on the ground in dry tree stumps, dead fallen trees, or beneath stones and wooden logs that are partially buried.[3] C. ligniperda is an ecologically dominant species wherever it is found due to both its large size and particularly aggressive nature.[4]