Camponotus empedocles
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| Camponotus empedocles | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Tanaemyrmex |
| Species: | C. empedocles |
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| Camponotus empedocles Emery, 1920 | |
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Camponotus empedocles is a large and dark species of carpenter ant with an extensive range in the Afrotropics.
It is native to the Afrotropics and is known to occur in the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe (type locality) and South Africa.[1][2]
