Camponotus planatus

Camponotus planatus, known generally as the compact carpenter ant or short carpenter ant, is one of three Camponotus species that is polygynous (having more than one queen), it also is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Camponotus planatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. planatus
Binomial name
Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863

Subspecies

• Camponotus planatus acaciae Emery, 1920
• Camponotus planatus colombicus Forel, 1899
• Camponotus planatus continentis Forel, 1901
• Camponotus planatus esdras Forel, 1916
• Camponotus planatus planatus Roger, 1863

References

1. "Camponotus planatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
2. "Camponotus planatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
3. Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
4. "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
5. Ward, P.S. (2007). "Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants". Zootaxa 1668 549–563
6. "AntWeb". antweb.org. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
7. Bolton, B., Alpert, G., Ward, S. Naskrecki, P. (2007). A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758–2005
8. Riley, Edward G., Clark, Shawn M., and Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 176.

• Hansson C, Lachaud J, Pérez-Lachaud G (2011). "Entedoninae wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in tropical America, with new species and notes on their biology". ZooKeys 134: 62-82.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.