Camponotus laevigatus

Camponotus laevigatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. laevigatus
Binomial name
	Camponotus laevigatus; (Smith, F., 1858)
Synonyms
	Formica laevigata Smith, F. 1858; Camponotus quercicola Smith, M.R. 1954;

Camponotus laevigatus is a species of carpenter ant native to California.^[1]^[2] It nests in the dead branches of oaks such as Quercus wislizeni (interior live oak).^[1]

The more widespread ant formerly called C. laevigatus is now called 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]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Camponotus laevigatus". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ 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. doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978.

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[antwiki-1] "Camponotus laevigatus". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[ward2021-2] 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. doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978.

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