Camponotini
Sign in to saveCamponotini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae containing 2 extinct and 11 extant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants). This tribe is the most diverse tribe in its subfamily, containing over 2,500 species. Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also called the zombie-ant fungus.
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Camponotini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae containing 2 extinct and 11 extant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants). This tribe is the most diverse tribe in its subfamily, containing over 2,500 species. Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also called the zombie-ant fungus.
==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. {{clade |style = font-size:100%; line-height:100% |label1=Camponotini |1={{clade |1=Colobopsis |2={{clade |1= |2={{clade |1=Lathidris |2= }} }} }} }} ==References==
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