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species
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Camponotus vitiosus
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Japanese Name
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Umematsu-oo-ari
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Original Reference
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Smith, F., (1874) Descriptions of new species of Tenthredinidae, Ichneumonidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae, &c. of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4) 7: 373-409.
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Synonym
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Camponotus itoi tokioensis Ito (Ito in Forel, 1912) ,
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) itoi tokioensis Ito (Emery, 1925) ,
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi tokioensis Ito (Wheeler, 1928) ,
Camponotus (Myramblys[!]) tokioensis v. inconstans Santschi (Santschi, 1937) ,
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) tokioensis v. atrigenatus Santschi (Santschi, 1937) ,
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) tokyoensis[!] Ito (Menozzi, 1940) ,
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) tokioensis Ito (Terayama & Satoh, 1990) ,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 5 - 6 mm. Body black; legs blackish brown; pronotum often brownish. Propodeal dorsum concave in lateral view. Petiole thick, with an inverted U-shaped profile.
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Remarks
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C. tokioensis Ito was synonymized with C. vitiosis by Yamane and Terayama (1999).
This is an arboreal species which nests in dead twigs of trees.
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Distribution
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Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Mainland China, Korean Peninsula.
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References
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- Descriptions of new species of Tenthredinidae, Ichneumonidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae, &c. of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4) 7: 373-409.
- Quelques fourmis de Tokio. Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 56: 339-342.
- Emery, C. (1925). Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae. . In M. P. Wytsman, ed., ""Genera Insectorum"", fasc. , 183, 1-302.
- Wheeler, W. M. (1928). Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. . Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. Portici, 21, 96-125.
- Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 77: 361-388.
- Terayama, M. & T. Satoh (1990a. ). A new species of the genus Camponotus from Japan, with notes on two known forms of the subgenus Myrmamblys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). . Jpn. J. Ent., 58, 405-414.
- Yamane, Sk. & M. Terayama (1999). A new species of the genus Pristomyrmex Mayr from Japan, and a proposal of a new synonym of species in the genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 17-24.
- Menozzi, C. (1940). Contribution a la faunae myrmecologique du Japon. Mushi 13: 11-12.
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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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