Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792) is a animal in the Formicidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)

Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)

Camponotus lateralis is an ant species in the genus Camponotus with a broad distribution across parts of Europe, Africa, and western Asia.

Family
Genus
Camponotus
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)

Camponotus lateralis is a species of ant that belongs to the ant genus Camponotus. This species has a broad geographic distribution. It can be found in countries surrounding the Mediterranean, as well as in Crimea, the Caucasus, northwestern Africa, Asia Minor, and the Kopet Dag mountain range, which lies between Turkmenistan and Iran.

Photo: (c) Marcello Consolo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae Camponotus

More from Formicidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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