{{Short description|Subgenus of insects}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Camponotus essigi 249216793.jpg | image_caption = ''Camponotus essigi'' | taxon = Myrmentoma | authority = Forel, 1912<ref name="antcat1">{{cite web |last1=Bolton |first1=Barry |title=''Camponotus'' (''Myrmentoma'') Forel, 1912 valid|url=https://antcat.org/catalog/429267 |website=AntCat |publisher=antcat.org |access-date=6 October 2024 |ref=antcat1}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Myrmentoma''''', the '''cleft-lip carpenter ants''',<ref name="antwiki1">{{cite web |last1=Shattuck |first1=Steven O. |title=''Myrmentoma'' |url=https://antwiki.org/wiki/Myrmentoma |website=AntWiki |publisher=antwiki.org |access-date=6 October 2024 |ref=antwiki1}}</ref> is a subgenus of ''Camponotus'', the carpenter ants.<ref name="antcat1"/> Its Nearctic species nest in galls, branches and stems of plants, under tree bark, in wood and buildings, or soil. Colonies are generally small with a few dozen or a few hundred workers.<ref name=buglink>{{Cite web| title=Subgenus ''Myrmentoma'' | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/376558| website=BugGuide.net| accessdate=2024-10-06}}</ref>
==Species== As of 2025, ''Myrmentoma'' contains over 54 recognized species.<ref name="inat1">{{cite web |title=Subgenus Myrmentoma |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363598-Myrmentoma |website=iNaturalist |access-date=8 November 2024 |ref=inat1}}</ref> *''Camponotus abrahami'' *''Camponotus aegaeus'' *''Camponotus aktaci'' *''Camponotus anatolicus'' *''Camponotus anthrax'' *''Camponotus atricolor'' *''Camponotus bakeri'' *''Camponotus boghossiani'' *''Camponotus candiotes'' *''Camponotus caryae'' *''Camponotus confucii'' *''Camponotus cornis'' *''Camponotus cuauhtemoc'' *''Camponotus dalmaticus'' *''Camponotus decipiens'' *''Camponotus discolor'' *''Camponotus essigi'' *''Camponotus fallax'' *''Camponotus gestroi'' *''Camponotus heidrunvogtae'' *''Camponotus himalayanus'' *''Camponotus honaziensis'' *''Camponotus hyatti'' *''Camponotus interjectus'' *''Camponotus jejuensis'' *''Camponotus kiesenwetteri'' *''Camponotus kolthoffi'' *''Camponotus kopetdaghensis'' *''Camponotus kurdistanicus'' *''Camponotus lameerei'' *''Camponotus lateralis'' *''Camponotus libanicus'' *''Camponotus minus'' *''Camponotus montivagus'' *''Camponotus nearcticus'' *''Camponotus nipponensis'' *''Camponotus nitidescens'' *''Camponotus piceus'' *''Camponotus quadrinotatus'' *''Camponotus rebeccae'' *''Camponotus rectithorax'' *''Camponotus sayi'' *''Camponotus schulzi'' *''Camponotus semirufus'' *''Camponotus sicheli'' *''Camponotus snellingi'' *''Camponotus spissinodis'' *''Camponotus staryi'' *''Camponotus subbarbatus'' *''Camponotus tergestinus'' *''Camponotus truebi'' *''Camponotus varius'' *''Camponotus vogti'' *''Camponotus wroughtonii''
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