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    Bicolored Carpenter Ant (Camponotus vicinus)

    Source: Wikipedia

    Camponotus vicinus
    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. vicinus
    Binomial name
    Camponotus vicinus
    Mayr, 1870

    Camponotus vicinus is a species of carpenter ant[1][2][3][4] widespread throughout western North America; it is found from Alaska, south to Mexico, and east to Texas and Manitoba.[5] Unlike its wood-nesting relatives, C. vicinus is typically found nesting in the soil under stones and other objects.[6]

    antweb.org specimen

    References

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    1. ^ "Camponotus vicinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
    2. ^ "Camponotus vicinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
    3. ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
    4. ^ Economo, Evan; Guénard, Benoit. "antmaps.org Camponotus vicinus". antmaps.org. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
    5. ^ Shattuck, Steven O. "Camponotus vicinus". AntWiki. antwiki.org. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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