Camponotini
| Camponotini | |
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| Camponotus ligniperda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini Forel, 1878 |
| Type genus | |
| Camponotus Mayr, 1861
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| Diversity | |
| 13 genera | |
Camponotini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae containing 2 extinct and 11 extant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants).[1] This tribe is the most diverse tribe in its subfamily, containing over 2,500 species.[2] Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also called the zombie-ant fungus.[3]
Genera
- Calomyrmex Emery, 1895
- Camponotus Mayr, 1861
- †Chimaeromyrma Dlussky, 1988
- Colobopsis Mayr, 1861
- Dinomyrmex Ashmead, 1905
- Echinopla Smith, 1857
- Lathidris Ward et al, 2025
- Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893
- Overbeckia Viehmeyer, 1916
- Polyrhachis Smith, 1857
- †Pseudocamponotus Carpenter, 1930
- Retalimyrma Ward et al, 2025
- Uwari Ward et al, 2025
Phylogeny
Ward et al. 2025 provides this as the maximum-probability cladogram.[2]
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References
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Camponotini". AntCat. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ a b Ward, Philip S.; Fisher, Brian L.; Wernegreen, Jennifer J.; Blaimer, Bonnie B. (2025). "Evolutionary history, novel lineages and symbiont coevolution in the ant tribe Camponotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 50 (3): 646–676. doi:10.1111/syen.12678. ISSN 0307-6970.
- ^ Araújo JP, Evans HC, Kepler R, Hughes DP (June 2018). "Ophiocordyceps. I. Myrmecophilous hirsutelloid species". Studies in Mycology. 90: 119–160. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.12.002. PMC 6002356. PMID 29910522.