About Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, 1858)
Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, 1858), a species of carpenter ant, was previously known under the scientific name Camponotus quercicola. This species is native to California, where it builds nests inside the dead branches of oak trees, including Quercus wislizeni, also called interior live oak. The more widespread ant species that was previously named C. laevigatus is now reclassified as Camponotus laevissimus. AntWiki states that most literature (likely excluding the original species description), as well as museum specimens labelled as C. laevigatus, actually belong to C. laevissimus.
