Camponotus vicinus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. vicinus
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Binomial name | |
Camponotus vicinus Mayr, 1870
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Camponotus vicinus is a species of ant in the subfamily formicinae.[1][2][3][4] C. vicinus is widespread throughout western North America, from Alaska, south to Mexico, and east to Texas and Manitoba.[5] Unlike its wood nesting "carpenter ant" relatives, Camponotus vicinus is typically found nesting in the soil under stones and other objects.[5] The giant ants in the 1954 film Them! are identified as C. vicinus, despite multiple anatomical differences, including the presence of a sting, which is absent in Formicine ants.