Camponotus laevigatus, formerly Camponotus quercicola,[2] is a species of carpenter ant native to California.[1] It nests in the dead branches of oaks such as Quercus wislizeni (interior live oak).[1]
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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: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. laevigatus
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| Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, F., 1858)
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The more widespread ant formerly called C. laevigatus is now Camponotus laevissimus.[1] According to AntWiki, "most literature (probably except for the original description) as well as specimens in museums labelled as C. laevigatus actually refer to C. laevissimus."[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Camponotus laevigatus". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ a b Ward, Philip S.; Boudinot, Brendon E. (19 April 2021). "Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 79 (37–56): 37. doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978. Retrieved 8 September 2024.