List of Camponotus Subgenus Common Names

Below is a list of common names which may be applied as mnemonics for the subgenera of Camponotus, following Emery's use of this rank in his contribution to Genera Insectorum (1925).

• Camponotus sensu stricto = "True Carpenter Ants
• Dendromyrmex Emery, 1895 = "American Weaving Carpenter Ants"
• Forelophilus Kutter, 1931 = "Forel's Carpenter Ants"
• Hypercolobopsis Emery, 1920 = "Hyper False Cork-Head Ants"
• Karavaievia Emery, 1925 = "Asian Weaving Carpenter Ants"
• Manniella Wheeler, W.M., 1921 = "Mann's Carpenter Ants"
• Mayria Forel, 1878 = "Mayr's Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmacrhaphe Santschi, 1926 = "Santschi's Sutured False Cork-head Ants"
• Myrmamblys Forel, 1912 = "Eastern False Cork-head Ants"
• Myrmaphaenus Emery, 1920 = "Shining Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmentoma Forel, 1912 = "Cleft-lip Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmepinotus Santschi, 1921 = "Box-back Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmepomis Forel, 1912 = "El Dorado Ants"
• Myrmespera Santschi, 1926 = "Vesper Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmeurynota Forel, 1912 = "Pinch-neck Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmisolepis Santschi, 1921 = "Angular Acne Ants"
• Myrmobrachys Forel, 1912 = "Blocky Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmocladoecus Wheeler, W.M., 1921 = "Rectangular Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmodirachis Emery, 1925 = "Stickle-back Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmogonia Forel, 1912 = "Crest-back Cork-head Ants" [see Colobopsis]
• Myrmomalis Forel, 1914 = "Flat Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmonesites Emery, 1920 = "Malagasy Hump-back Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmopalpella Stärcke, 1934 = "Fewer-palped Carpenter Ants" [note: I don't have this publication, so the diagnosis is not presented]
• Myrmopelta Santschi, 1921 = "Shielded Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmophyma Forel, 1912 = "Bladder-head Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmopiromis Wheeler, W.M., 1921 = "Furry Carpenter ants"
• Myrmoplatypus Santschi, 1921 = "Flat-leg Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmoplatys Forel, 1916 = "Flat-head Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmopsamma Forel, 1914 = "Mustachioed Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmopytia Emery, 1920 = "Supermodel Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmosaulus Wheeler, W.M., 1921 = "Monster-head Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmosericus Forel, 1912 = "Silky Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmosphincta Forel, 1912 = "Corsetted Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmostenus Emery, 1920 = "Narrow-head Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmotarsus Forel, 1912 = "Flat-foot Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmotemnus Emery, 1920 = "Hump-back Cork-head Ants"
• Myrmothrix Forel, 1912 = "Bristly Carpenter Ants"
• Myrmotrema Forel, 1912 = "Rounded Acne Ants"
• Myrmoxygenys Emery, 1925 = "Imperial Carpenter Ants"
• Orthonotomyrmex Ashmead, 1906 = "Flat-back Carpenter Ants"
• Paramyrmamblys Santschi, 1926 = "Santschi's False Cork-head Ants"
• Phasmomyrmex Stitz, 1910 = "Phantom Carpenter Ants"
• Pseudocolobopsis Emery, 1920 = "Western False Cork-head Ants"
• Rhinomyrmex Forel, 1886 = "Big-nose Carpenter Ants"
• Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905 = "Slim Carpenter Ants"
• Thlipsepinotus Santschi, 1928 = "Pinch-back Carpenter Ants"

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302.