family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Formicinae

genus

Camponotus

subgenus

Myrmamblys


ITIS

 

Camponotus ogasawarensis

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Camponotus ogasawarensis

FORMIS

 

Camponotus ogasawarensis



species

Camponotus ogasawarensis


Japanese Name

Ogasawara-oo-ari

Original Reference

Terayama, M. & T. Satoh (1990c) Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ogasawarensis sp. nov. from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan, 45, 117-121.

Description

Total length of workers around 4 - 5.5 mm. Head, mesosoma and petiole yellow; ground color of gaster black; 1st to 3rd gastral tergites each with a pair of yellow spots or a yellow transverse band; 4th gastral tergite often with a pair of similar spots (absent in some individuals). Dorsal margin of propodeum concave in minor workers. Viewed from the side, major workers have straight dorsal mesonotal and propodeal profiles, and the anterior end of the propodeum forms a blunt angle. Petiolar scale with an inverted U-shaped profile.

Remarks

This is an arboreal species which nests in dead twigs on trees.

Distribution

Ogasawara Is.

References

  • Terayama, M. & T. Satoh (1990). Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ogasawarensis sp. nov. from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan 45, 117-121.

Editor

Original text by Mamoru Terayama, Masaaki Morisita and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.