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species
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Camponotus quadrinotatus
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Japanese Name
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Yotsuboshi-oo-ari
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Original Reference
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Forel, A. (1886) Etudes myrmˇcologiques en 1886. Annales de la Sociˇtˇ Entomologique de Belgique 30: 131-215.
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Synonym
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Camponotus mariginatus var. quadrinotatus Forel (Forel, 1886) ,
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) caryae var. quadrinotatus Forel (Wheeler, 1928) ,
Camponotus quadrinotatus Forel (Collingwood, 1976) ,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 5 - 6 mm. Body black; pronotum brownish in many individuals. First and 2nd gastral terga each with a pair of yellowish spots. Metanotal groove not incised dorsally; petiole with hairs.
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Remarks
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This is an arboreal species which nests in bark or crevices on tree trunks.
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Distribution
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Mainland China, Korean Peninsula.
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References
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- Etudes myrmˇcologiques en 1886. Annales de la Sociˇtˇ Entomologique de Belgique 30: 131-215.
- Wheeler, W. M. (1928). Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. . Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. Portici, 21, 96-125.
- Collingwood, C. A. (1976). Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from North Korea. Ann. Hist.- nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 68: 295-309.
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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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