Camponotini
Tribe of insects
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Camponotini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae containing 2 extinct and 11 extant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants).[1] This tribe is the most diverse tribe in its subfamily, containing over 2,500 species.[2] Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also called the zombie-ant fungus.[3]
| Camponotini | |
|---|---|
| |
| Camponotus ligniperda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini Forel, 1878 |
| Type genus | |
| Camponotus Mayr, 1861 | |
| Diversity | |
| 13 genera | |
Genera
- Calomyrmex Emery, 1895
- Camponotus Mayr, 1861
- †Chimaeromyrma Dlussky, 1988
- Colobopsis Mayr, 1861
- Dinomyrmex Ashmead, 1905
- Echinopla Smith, 1857
- Lathidris Ward et al, 2025
- Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893
- Overbeckia Viehmeyer, 1916
- Polyrhachis Smith, 1857
- †Pseudocamponotus Carpenter, 1930
- Retalimyrma Ward et al, 2025
- Uwari Ward et al, 2025