# Camponotini

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{{short description|Tribe of insects}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Camponotus sideview 2.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Camponotus ligniperda](/source/Camponotus_ligniperda)''
| taxon = Camponotini
| authority = [Forel](/source/Auguste_Forel), 1878
| type_genus = ''[Camponotus](/source/Camponotus)''
| type_genus_authority = Mayr, 1861
|diversity_link = #Genera
| diversity = 13 genera
}}

'''Camponotini''' is a [tribe](/source/tribe_(biology)) of [ant](/source/ant)s in the subfamily [Formicinae](/source/Formicinae) containing 2 extinct and 11 extant [genera](/source/genus), including ''[Camponotus](/source/Camponotus)'' (carpenter ants).<ref name="AntCat"/> This tribe is the most diverse tribe in its subfamily, containing over 2,500 species.<ref name="Ward-et-al-2025">{{cite journal |last1=Ward |first1=Philip S. |last2=Fisher |first2=Brian L. |last3=Wernegreen |first3=Jennifer J. |last4=Blaimer |first4=Bonnie B. |title=Evolutionary history, novel lineages and symbiont coevolution in the ant tribe Camponotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=50 |issue=3 |date=2025 |issn=0307-6970 |doi=10.1111/syen.12678 |doi-access=free |pages=646–676}}</ref> Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary [host](/source/host_(biology))s of ''[Ophiocordyceps unilateralis](/source/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis)'', also called the zombie-ant [fungus](/source/fungus).<ref name = "Araujo2018">{{cite journal | vauthors = Araújo JP, Evans HC, Kepler R, Hughes DP | title = Ophiocordyceps. I. Myrmecophilous hirsutelloid species | journal = Studies in Mycology | volume = 90 | pages = 119–160 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29910522 | doi = 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.12.002 | pmc = 6002356 | doi-access = free }}</ref> 

==Genera==
* ''[Calomyrmex](/source/Calomyrmex)'' <small>Emery, 1895</small>
* ''[Camponotus](/source/Camponotus)'' <small>Mayr, 1861</small>
* †''[Chimaeromyrma](/source/Chimaeromyrma)'' <small>Dlussky, 1988</small>
* ''[Colobopsis](/source/Colobopsis)'' <small>Mayr, 1861</small>
* ''[Dinomyrmex](/source/Dinomyrmex)'' <small>Ashmead, 1905</small>
* ''[Echinopla](/source/Echinopla)'' <small>Smith, 1857</small>
* ''[Lathidris](/source/Lathidris)'' <small>Ward et al, 2025</small>
* ''[Opisthopsis](/source/Opisthopsis)'' <small>Dalla Torre, 1893</small>
* ''[Overbeckia](/source/Overbeckia)'' <small>Viehmeyer, 1916</small>
* ''[Polyrhachis](/source/Polyrhachis)'' <small>Smith, 1857</small>
* †''[Pseudocamponotus](/source/Pseudocamponotus)'' <small>Carpenter, 1930</small>
* ''[Retalimyrma](/source/Retalimyrma)'' <small>Ward et al, 2025</small>
* ''[Uwari](/source/Uwari)'' <small>Ward et al, 2025</small>
==Phylogeny==
Ward et al. 2025 provides this as the maximum-probability [cladogram](/source/cladogram).<ref name="Ward-et-al-2025"/>
{{clade |style = font-size:100%; line-height:100%
|label1='''Camponotini'''
|1={{clade
   |1=''[Colobopsis](/source/Colobopsis)''
   |2={{clade
      |1={{clade
         |1=''[Opisthopsis](/source/Opisthopsis)''
         |2=''[Uwari](/source/Uwari)''
         }}
      |2={{clade
         |1=''[Lathidris](/source/Lathidris)''
         |2={{clade
            |1=''[Dinomyrmex](/source/Dinomyrmex)''
            |2={{clade
               |1=''[Polyrhachis](/source/Polyrhachis)''
               |2={{clade
                  |1=''[Retalimyrma](/source/Retalimyrma)''
                  |2={{clade
                     |1=''[Camponotus](/source/Camponotus)''
                     |2={{clade
                        |1=''[Echinopla](/source/Echinopla)''
                        |2={{clade
                           |1=''[Calomyrmex](/source/Calomyrmex)''
                           |2=''[Overbeckia](/source/Overbeckia)''
                           }}
                        }}
                     }}
                  }}
               }}
            }}
         }}
      }}
   }}
}}
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429240|Camponotini|2014|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref>
}}

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Category:Formicinae
Category:Ant tribes

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