Camponotus decipiens is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, and possibly Utah, Arizona, Sonora, and California.[2][3][4][5][6] The specific epithet of the scientific name, decipiens, comes from Latin "dēcipiens", meaning "decieving, cheating, or trapping".[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmentoma |
| Species: | C. decipiens
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| Camponotus decipiens (Emery, 1893)
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Description
editWorkers of this black-gastered[7] species of ant with a can range from 3 to 7.5 millimeters, compared to the length limit of the genus, 15 millimeters.[8]
Biology
editC. decipiens colonies often consist of under 100 worker ants, but some colonies can grow to several hundred workers. Commonly, they nest in areas such as tree branches, logs, stumps and bark, twigs, plank stalk apertures, wooden structures such as posts, and houses; they can mostly be found in the spring and fall.[8]
References
edit- ^ Bolton, Barry. "Camponotus decipiens Wheeler, 1910". AntCat. antcat.org. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Camponotus decipiens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Camponotus decipiens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b "Camponotus decipiens species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Economo, Evan; Guénard, Benoit. "antmaps.org Camponotus decipiens". antmaps.org. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery". Mississippi Entomological Museum.org.msstate.edu. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ a b MacGown, Joe A. "Camponotus (Myrmentoma) decipiens Emery". Mississippi Entomological Museum.org.msstate.edu. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
Further reading
edit- Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.