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Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus   (De Geer, 1773) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2018)

Formica pensylvanica De Geer, 1773: 603, pl. 31, figs. 9, 10 (s.w.q.m.) U.S.A. Nearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Spelling justifiably emended to Camponotus pennsylvanica: Buckley, 1866 PDF: 155.].
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e PDF: 187 (l.).
Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 666; in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a PDF: 266.
Subspecies of Camponotus herculeanus: Forel, 1879a PDF: 57; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 420; Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 117; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 465; Wheeler, 1932a PDF: 13; Buren, 1944a PDF: 293.
Status as species: Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 67; Forel, 1901m PDF: 70; Forel, 1907h PDF: 10; Wheeler, 1910g PDF: 335; Emery, 1920b PDF: 255; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 367; Smith, 1979: 1427.
Senior synonym of Camponotus semipunctata: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 420; of Camponotus herculeanopennsylvanicus (and its junior synonym Camponotus mahican): Creighton, 1950a PDF: 367.

Taxon Page Images:

The eastern black carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Urbana, Illinois).
Image copyright Alex Wild.

Distribution:

   (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
Nearctic Region: Canada, United States
Neotropical Region: Bermuda
Palearctic Region: Greece

Distribution Notes:

NEARCTIC: USA (MA) Southern Canada S. to Gulf Coast States (excluding pennisular Florida) W. to central TX and N. to Dakota

Biology:

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

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in mixed hardwood forest, 3 times found in oak area, 2 times found in oak grove, 1 times found in mixed beech buttress log mold & tree hole, 3 times found in riparian mixed hardwood forest, 0 times found in douglas fir forest, 0 times found in Mixed deciduous forest, 0 times found in Beech-maple forest, 2 times found in Suburban with wide-spaced, 3 times found in suburban yard, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 3 times strays, 2 times hardwood trees, 1 times nest under rock, 1 times nests under bark of dead and down tree, 1 times nesting in empty garden pots, 2 times in dead wood, 1 times foragers on low foliage, 2 times foragers on ground, 1 times stray foragers on oak, 1 times in trash can, 1 times ground forager, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times on silver poplar tree (Populus alba), 7 times bait trap, 14 times Search, 7 times hand collecting, 2 times under bark of log, 0 times Log stage 4, 0 times Log stage 3, 0 times direct collection, 0 times Log stage 2, 0 times Log stage 5, 1 times bait, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 3200 meters, 516 meters average

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