Camponotus atriceps

Camponotus atriceps, previously referred as C. abdominalis, is a species of carpenter ant, endemic to the Americas.

Camponotus atriceps
C. atriceps worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Myrmothrix
Species:	C. atriceps
Binomial name
Camponotus atriceps (Smith, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
Camponotus abdominalis Fabricius, 1804

Habitat

It has been found in a variety of moist and forested habitats, including wet lowland and rainforest, tropical rainforests, pine or oak forests, wet montane forest, and in mature wet forest.^[2] It occurs from near sea level to as high as 2,290 meters.^[2]

Subspecies

There is one accepted subspecies, Camponotus atriceps nocens Wheeler, 1911.^[2][3]

Parasites

A variety of parasites have been identified from the subspecies, Camponotus abdominalis floridanus. These include the inquilines Microdon fulgens, Myrmecophila pergandei, an undetermined species of Atelurinae, Alachua floridensis and Obeza floridana. The cockroach, Myrmecoblatta wheeleri has also been found associated with the ant in southern Florida.^[4]