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Species: Camponotus nearcticus

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Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Camponotus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Camponotus marginatus var. nearcticus Emery, 1893k PDF: 675 (w.q.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Junior synonym of Camponotus caryae: Wheeler, 1917c PDF: 27.
Revived from synonymy as subspecies of Camponotus caryae: Buren, 1944a PDF: 294.
Raised to species: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 388; Smith, 1951c: 845.
Senior synonym of Camponotus minutus, Camponotus pardus, Camponotus tanquaryi: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 388.
See also: Snelling, 1988 PDF: 70.

Distribution:

NEARCTIC: USA (MA, TX, CO, ID, CA)

Biology:

Woodland, forest (including floodplain), parks, campuses. Nests in dead wood of living trees. Forages on trees day and night, but more abundantly at night.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in urban area, 1 times found in palmetto prairie, 2 times found in mesic flatwoods, 1 times found in cut stumphole, 1 times found in deciduous forest, 1 times found in grass, sage, bare soil, 1 times found in pine-fir-spruce forest, 1 times found in small pine stand in grassland, 1 times found in suburban yard

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 1 times under bark of tree, 6 times search, 1 times exidead squirrel, 1 times under bark of log, 1 times under leaves on ground

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1500 meters, 769 meters average

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