family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Formicinae

genus

Camponotus


Children

Camponotus keihitoi
Camponotus quadrinotatus
Camponotus nipponensis


ITIS

 

Myrmentoma

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Myrmentoma

FORMIS

 

Myrmentoma



subgenus

Myrmentoma


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Shape
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Japanese Name

Kusa-oo-ari-azoku

Original Reference

Forel, A. (1912) Formicides Neotropiques. Part 6. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. 20: 59-92.

Description

Worker caste polymorphic. A small species: total length of workers not exceeding 7 mm in majors. Anterior margin of clypeus medially concave. Scapes relatively long, more than 1.1 times as long as the head width in major workers. Short erect hairs with pointed apices present on gena, clypeus and mandibles.

Remarks

Japanese species are as follows: C. keihitoi Forel, C. quadrinotatus Forel, C. nipponensis Santschi.

References

  • Forel, A. (1912). Formicides Neotropiques. Part 6. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. 20: 59-92.

Editor

Original text by Mamoru Terayama, Masaaki Morisita and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Mamoru Terayama.