Camponotus piceus
| Camponotus piceus | |
|---|---|
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| Camponotus piceus worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. piceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825) | |
Camponotus piceus is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus, the carpenter ants, occurring in southern and central Europe, the southern part of eastern Europe, north-west Africa, Asia Minor, Lebanon, Iran, the Caucasus, and Kazakshtan.[1]
It was originaly described as Formica picea by Leach in 1825, but was later moved to Camponotus and renamed piceus. Today Formica picea is instead used for an ant in the genus Formica.
References
- ↑ Czechowski, Wojciech; Radchenko, Alexander; Czechowska, Wiesława (2002). The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Poland. Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences.