| Camponotus universitatis | |
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| Camponotus universitatis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Tanaemyrmex |
| Species: | C. universitatis
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| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890
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Camponotus universitatis is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus, the carpenter ants. It is native to Eurasia, where it has been recorded in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Bulgaria, and Turkey.2
This species is a parasite of other carpenter ants, such as Camponotus aethiops2 and Camponotus pilicornis.3
References
References
- Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). "Camponotus universitatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T3718A10033880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3718A10033880.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Aksoy, V., & Camlitepe, Y. (2015). First record of the South European rare parasitic ant species Camponotus universitatis Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Asia. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 17(1), 45.
- Gulliem, R., Drijfhout, F., & Martin, S. J. (2014). Chemical deception among ant social parasites. Current Zoology, 60(1), 62.