Camponotini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae containing 2 extinct and 11 extant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants). This tribe is the most diverse tribe in its subfamily, containing over 2,500 species. Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also called the zombie-ant fungus.
Genera
- Calomyrmex <small>Emery, 1895</small>
- Camponotus <small>Mayr, 1861</small>
- â Chimaeromyrma <small>Dlussky, 1988</small>
- Colobopsis <small>Mayr, 1861</small>
- Dinomyrmex <small>Ashmead, 1905</small>
- Echinopla <small>Smith, 1857</small>
- Lathidris <small>Ward et al, 2025</small>
- Opisthopsis <small>Dalla Torre, 1893</small>
- Overbeckia <small>Viehmeyer, 1916</small>
- Polyrhachis <small>Smith, 1857</small>
- â Pseudocamponotus <small>Carpenter, 1930</small>
- Retalimyrma <small>Ward et al, 2025</small>
- Uwari <small>Ward et al, 2025</small>
Phylogeny
Ward et al. 2025 provides this as the maximum-probability cladogram.
References