| Camponotus laevigatus | |
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, F., 1858) | |
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Camponotus laevigatus, formerly Camponotus quercicola, is a species of carpenter ant native to California. It nests in the dead branches of oaks such as Quercus wislizeni (interior live oak).
The more widespread ant formerly called C. laevigatus is now Camponotus laevissimus. 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."
References
- ^ "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): 37. doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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| Camponotus laevigatus | |
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