Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant

Camponotus sericeiventris

"Camponotus sericeiventris", the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of camponotine ant in the family Formicidae.
Shimmering golden sugar ant (Camponotus sericeiventris) From our stay in the Esquinas Rainforest Lodge in Costa Rica in 2014. We saw this beautifully coloured ant on a hike on the slopes above the lodge area. Ameise,Camponotus sericeiventris,Costa Rica,Fall,Gebiete,Geotagged,Insekt

Naming

These five subspecies belong to the species "Camponotus sericeiventris":
⤷  "Camponotus sericeiventris holmgreni" Wheeler, 1931
⤷  "Camponotus sericeiventris otoquensis" Wheeler, 1931
⤷  "Camponotus sericeiventris pontifex" Santschi, 1936
⤷  "Camponotus sericeiventris rex" Forel, 1907
⤷  "Camponotus sericeiventris satrapus" Wheeler, 1931

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae
GenusCamponotus
SpeciesC. sericeiventris
Photographed in
Costa Rica