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subgenus
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Camponotus
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Japanese Name
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Oo-ari-azoku
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Original Reference
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Mayr, G. (1861) Die EuropŠischen Formiciden. (Ameisen.): 80 pp. Wien.
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Description
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Worker caste polymorphic. Large ants: total length of major workers usually over 10 mm, and of minor workers over 8 mm. Mandibles with 4 or 5 teeth. Anterior margin of clypeus straight; either not produced forwards or very slightly produced.
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Remarks
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Japanese species are as follows: C. hemichlaena Yasumatsu & Brown, C. japonicus Mayr, C. obscuripes Mayr, C. sachalinensis Forel, C. yessensis Yasumatsu & Brown, C. sp. 6 (sensu Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee, 1991).
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References
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- Die EuropŠischen Formiciden. (Ameisen.): 80 pp. Wien.
- Myrmecological Society of Japan, Editorial Committee (ed.) (1991a.). A guide for the identification of Japanese ants (II). Dolichoderinae and Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Myrmecological Society of Japan, Tokyo.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama, Masaaki Morisita and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Mamoru Terayama.
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