Camponotus vittatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. vittatus
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Binomial name | |
Camponotus vittatus
Forel, 1904
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Camponotus vittatus is a species of carpenter ant and one of the most common ants found around households in South America, particularly Brazil. It was originally described by Auguste Forel in 1904. [1] The species is relatively large, caramel-coloured, omnivorous, [2] and fast-moving. The species presents four larval stages which will spin a cocoon to pupate. [3] The hairs of Camponotus larvae are quite abundant, and may present taxonomic importance. [3] [4] The larvae of both sexes are similar, with few diagnostic traits, such as the acquired shape towards pupation inside their cocoons. [5]
Camponotus vittatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. vittatus
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Binomial name | |
Camponotus vittatus
Forel, 1904
|
Camponotus vittatus is a species of carpenter ant and one of the most common ants found around households in South America, particularly Brazil. It was originally described by Auguste Forel in 1904. [1] The species is relatively large, caramel-coloured, omnivorous, [2] and fast-moving. The species presents four larval stages which will spin a cocoon to pupate. [3] The hairs of Camponotus larvae are quite abundant, and may present taxonomic importance. [3] [4] The larvae of both sexes are similar, with few diagnostic traits, such as the acquired shape towards pupation inside their cocoons. [5]