''Camponotus atriceps'', previously referred as ''C. abdominalis'', is a species of

carpenter ant Carpenter ants (''Camponotus'' spp.) are large () ants indigenous to many forested parts of the world. They build nests inside wood consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles or jaws, preferably in dead, damp wood. However, unlik ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

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Habitat

It has been found in a variety of moist and forested habitats, including wet lowland and rainforest, tropical rainforests, pine or oak forests, wet montane forest, and in mature wet forest. It occurs from near sea level to as high as 2,290 meters.

Races

There are two accepted races: * ''Camponotus atriceps atriceps'' * ''Camponotus atriceps nocens''

Parasites

A variety of

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s have been identified from the

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

, ''Camponotus abdominalis floridanus''. These include the

inquiline In zoology, an inquiline (from Latin ''inquilinus'', "lodger" or "tenant") is an animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. For example, some organisms such as insects may live in the h ...

s '' Microdon fulgens'', ''

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'', an undetermined species of

Atelurinae Atelurinae is a subfamily of primitive insects belonging to the order Zygentoma. Once considered an independent family, it is now treated as a subfamily within the Nicoletiidae. They are generally found in association with ants or termites, livi ...

, ''

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'' and ''

Obeza floridana ''Obeza floridana'' is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Eucharitidae The Eucharitidae are a family of parasitic wasps.Ayre, G.L. Pseudometagea schwarzii (Ashm.) (Eucharitidae: Hymenoptera), a parasite of Lasius neoniger Emery (Formici ...

''. The

cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known as ...

, '' Myrmecoblatta wheeleri'' has also been found associated with the ant in southern

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.Obeza floridana, a Parasitoid of Camponotus abdominalis floridanus from Florida (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae, Formicidae)
Lloyd R. Davis, Jr. and Donald P. Jouvenaz.

The Florida Entomologist The ''Florida Entomologist'' is an quarterly open access scientific journal published by the Florida Entomological Society. Founded in 1917 as “The Florida Buggist” and in 1920 was renamed, into “The Florida Entomologist.” Manuscripts from ...

Vol. 73, No. 2 (Jun., 1990), pp. 335-337

References

External links

* atriceps Insects described in 1858 {{formicinae-stub