''Camponotus planatus'', known generally as the compact carpenter ant or short carpenter ant, is one of three Camponotus species that is polygynous (having more than one queen), it also is a species of ant in the family
Formicidae.
[Sharkey M.J. (2007). ''Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera''.]["Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. ''Cladistics'' 28(1): 80-112.][Ward, P.S. (2007). "Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants". ''Zootaxa 1668'' 549–563][Bolton, B., Alpert, G., Ward, S. Naskrecki, P. (2007). ''A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758–2005''][Riley, Edward G., Clark, Shawn M., and Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". ''Insecta Mundi. 176.'']
Subspecies
* ''Camponotus planatus acaciae''
Emery, 1920
* ''Camponotus planatus colombicus''
Forel, 1899
* ''Camponotus planatus continentis''
Forel, 1901
* ''Camponotus planatus esdras''
Forel, 1916
* ''Camponotus planatus planatus''
Roger, 1863
References
* Hansson C, Lachaud J, Pérez-Lachaud G (2011). "Entedoninae wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in tropical America, with new species and notes on their biology". ''ZooKeys'' 134: 62–82.
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
planatus
Insects described in 1863
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