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"