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species
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Camponotus bishamon
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Japanese Name
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Hoso-umematsu-oo-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. (1999) Ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 25-48.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 4 - 4.5 mm. Body black. This species resembles C. vitiosus, but is distinguished by the straight or very weakly concave dorsal margin of its propodeum and the asymmetrical shape of its petiolar scale (the anterior margin of the petiolar scale is shorter than the posterior margin in profile).
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Remarks
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This is an arboreal species which is common in the Nansei Islands. It was referred to as Camponotus (Myrmamblys) sp. by Onoyama (1976), and Camponotus sp. "Senaga-umematsu-oo-ari" by Terayama & Satoh (1990c).
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Distribution
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Honshu (southern parts), Shikoku, Kyushu, Yaku I., Nansei Is.
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References
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- Myrmecological Society of Japan, Editorial Committee (ed.) (Ed.). (1988). A list of the ants of Japan with common Japanese names. The Myrmecological Society of Japan, Tokyo.
- Onoyama, K. (1976). A preliminary study of the ant fauna of Okinawa-Ken, with taxonomic notes. (Japan: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). . Ecol. Stud. Nat. Cons. Ryukyu Isl., 2, 121-141.
- Terayama & Satoh , 1990c
- Terayama, M. (1999). Ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 25-48.
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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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