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title: "Shimmering Golden Sugar ant"
description: "Camponotus sericeiventris — Insekten & Spinnen. Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/shimmering-golden-sugar-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shimmering Golden Sugar ant

> Camponotus sericeiventris — Insekten & Spinnen. Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America.

- Scientific name: *Camponotus sericeiventris*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 7861
- Wikidata: [Q3647208](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3647208)
- iNaturalist taxon: [141749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/141749)

## Names

- en: Shimmering Golden Sugar ant
- es: Hormiga carpintera dorada
- fr: Fourmi charpentière dorée

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2398), MX (1911), CR (1703), AR (241), PA (198), GT (178), EC (165), CO (163), HN (146), BZ (126), PE (101), NI (90)

## Summary

Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus Myrmepomis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camponotus_sericeiventris

## Photo

![Shimmering Golden Sugar ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shimmering-golden-sugar-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99079172

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shimmering-golden-sugar-ant?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).