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species
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Camponotus kiusiuensis
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Japanese Name
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Mikado-oo-ari
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Original Reference
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Santschi, F. (1937) Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 77: 361-388.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 8 - 11 mm. Body black, sometimes slightly brownish; legs brown. Anterior margin of clypeus medially concave. Posterodorsal corner of propodeum bluntly angulate in profile.
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Remarks
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This species nests in dead bamboo stems or trees. Its colonies occupy several small nests, each with less than 300 workers. For this reason queens are seldom found in nests (Ito et al., 1988). Foraging is largely nocturnal, but above-ground activity occurs during the day in dark forests (Sonobe, 1984). This species is rare on Hokkaido.
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Distribution
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yaku I.; Korean Peninsula.
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References
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- Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 77: 361-388.
- Ito, F., S. Higashi & Y. Maeta, (1988). Growth and development of Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys) kiusiuensis Santschi colonies (Hym., Formicidae). Ins. Soc., 35, 251-261.
- Sonobe, R. (1984). Ants living in forest. . Insect (Kontyu-Aiko-Kai, Tochigi-ken), 35, 1-7. .
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama, Masaaki Morisita and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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