Christmas Fern – Polystichum acrostichoides

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

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]

Races

There are two accepted races:[2]

  • Camponotus atriceps atriceps
  • Camponotus atriceps nocens

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "ITIS - Report: Camponotus abdominalis".
  2. ^ a b c "Species: Camponotus atriceps (Smith, 1858)". AntWeb v5.33.1. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ Obeza floridana, a Parasitoid of Camponotus abdominalis floridanus from Florida (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae, Formicidae) Lloyd R. Davis, Jr. and Donald P. Jouvenaz. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 73, No. 2 (Jun., 1990), pp. 335-337

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