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Camponotine Ants
Camponotini
Camponotini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae containing 2 extinct and 11 extant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants). This tribe is the most diverse tribe in its subfamily, containing over 2,500 species. Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also called the zombie-ant fungus.
12 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies
genusCamponotus
Spiny Ants
genusPolyrhachis
Gate-keeper Ants
genusColobopsis
Dinomyrmex
genusDinomyrmex
Strobe Ants
genusOpisthopsis
Calomyrmex
genusCalomyrmex
Echinopla
genusEchinopla
Uwari
genusUwari
Overbeckia
genusOverbeckia
Lathidris
genusLathidris
Retalimyrma
genusRetalimyrma
Eocamponotus
genusEocamponotus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Camponotini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 334375.