Camponotus laevissimus
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| Worker in profile (top) and dorsal view (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. laevissimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus laevissimus Mackay, 2019
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Camponotus laevissimus (formerly C. laevigatus), the giant carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to western Canada, the United States, and Mexico.[2][1] Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimetres (0.28 and 0.51 in) in length. It is generally shiny black with a blue tint,[3] and the body is covered in short white hairs.[3] The species, which is primarily diurnal,[3] tends to make its nests by hollowing out redwoods.[4] It feeds on the pupae of the western spruce budworm.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, F.)". Navajo Nature. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Camponotus laevissimus". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 83
- ^ Schoenherr, Allan A. (1992). A Natural History of California. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-520-069226. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
camponotus laevigatus.
- ^ Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 2
- Hansen, Laurel Dianne; Klotz, John H. (2005). Carpenter Ants of the United States and Canada. China: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-4262-1. Retrieved 16 August 2014.