Camponotus kaguya

Japanese Name

Yumise-oo-ari

Terayama, M. (1999) Ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 25-48.

Large species: total length of workers around 7 - 12 mm. Head blackish brown; mesosoma, petiole, legs and 1st and 2nd gastral terga reddish brown; 3rd to 5th gastral terga black. Anterior margin of clypeus weakly produced; convex medially. Mandibles each with 6 teeth. Scapes of minor workers long: 1.3 - 1.4 times head width. Mesosomal dorsum strongly convex, sloping from anterior portion of pronotum to posterior portion of propodeum. Posterodorsal corner of propodeum rounded, not forming an angle.

This species is found in grasslands and nests in the soil.

Nansei Is (Akuseki-to I., Amami-oshima I., Tokunoshima I., Okinawa I.).