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species
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Camponotus nipponensis
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Japanese Name
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Kebuka-tsuya-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 4 - 5 mm. Body black to blackish brown. Anterior margin of clypeus with a median notch. Dorsum of mesosoma with more than 20 long, flagellate hairs; similar hairs also present on petiolar dorsum.
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Remarks
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This species is easily separated from the other Japanese members of subgenus (Myrmentoma) by the abundant long hairs on its mesosoma and petiole. It is distributed from lowlands to lower mountainous regions and is relatively rare.
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Distribution
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Honshu; 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.
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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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