family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Formicinae

genus

Camponotus

subgenus

Camponotus


ITIS

 

Camponotus sachalinensis

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Camponotus sachalinensis

FORMIS

 

Camponotus sachalinensis



species

Camponotus sachalinensis


Japanese Name

Karafuto-kuro-oo-ari

Original Reference

Forel, A. (1904) Note sur les fourmis du MusŽe Zoologique de l'Academie des Sciences ˆ St. PŽtersbourg. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk 8: 368-389.

Synonym

Camponotus herculeanus var. sachalinensis Forel (Forel, 1904) , Camponotus herculeanus sachalinensis Forel (Collingwood, 1976) , Camponotus sachalinensis Forel (Collingwood, 1981) ,

Description

Total length of workers around 7 - 12 mm. Body color black, somewhat shining. Promesonotal dorsum not distinctly raised. The posterodorsal corner of propodeum more strongly angulate, and propodeal declivity more steep, than in C. japonicus. Promesonotal dorsum lacking hairs or with only a few hairs.

Remarks

This species found in the mountainous regions of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan.

Distribution

Hokkaido, Honshu (central mountainous region); Sakhalin, Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Korean Peninsula.

References

  • Note sur les fourmis du MusŽe Zoologique de l'Academie des Sciences ˆ St. PŽtersbourg. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk 8: 368-389.
  • Collingwood, C. A. (1976). Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from North Korea. Ann. Hist.- nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 68: 295-309.
  • Collingwood, C. A. (1981). Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) frrom Korea, 2. Folia Ent. Hung. 42: 25-30.

Editor

Original text by Mamoru Terayama, Masaaki Morisita and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.