Camponotus nearcticus
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| Camponotus nearcticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmentoma |
| Species: | C. nearcticus |
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| Camponotus nearcticus Emery, 1893 | |
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Camponotus nearcticus, commonly named smaller carpenter ant, is a relatively small carpenter ant. Its appearance is similar to Lasius niger, commonly named the black garden ant.
Workers can range from 3.5 to 7.5 mm (0.14 to 0.30 in) in length.[1] The queen ant's size can range from 4 to 10 millimetres (0.16 to 0.39 in).[2] This species can be distinguished from other subgenus by little amounts of erect hairs on the gena, limited erect hairs on the clypeal disc and finally by the color which is a concolorous dark brown-black.[1]
