Camponotus floridanus
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]
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| Camponotus floridanus worker | |
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| Species: | C. floridanus |
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| Camponotus floridanus (Buckley, 1866) | |
References
- Simola, D. F.; Ye, C.; Mutti, N. S.; Dolezal, K.; Bonasio, R.; Liebig, J.; Reinberg, D.; Berger, S. L. (2012). "A chromatin link to caste identity in the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus". Genome Research. 23 (3): 486. doi:10.1101/gr.148361.112. PMC 3589537. PMID 23212948.
- Bolton, B. (2015). "Camponotus floridanus". AntCat. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- Buckley, S. B. (1866). "Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 6: 152–172.
- Mayr, G. (1886). "Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 36: 419–464.
External links
- University of Florida Entomology & Nematology Department web page on The Florida Carpenter Ant
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