Camponotus friedae

Japanese Name

Miyako-oo-ari

Forel, A. (1912) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae. Entomologische Mitteilungen 1: 45-81.

Total length around 5 mm in minor workers and 7 - 9 mm in major workers. Head black; mesosoma, antennae and legs brown; gaster blackish brown.
In major workers: mandibles each with 6 teeth (5 in smaller individuals); clypeus produced anteriorly, anterior margin without a median notch; propodeal declivity abruptly sloping; dorsum of mesosoma with more than 20 long, erect hairs; similar hairs also present on vertex of head, petiolar dorsum and gaster.
In minor workers: mandibles each with 5 teeth; propodeal declivity abruptly sloping; mesosoma with more than 20 long, erect hairs.

This species nests in the soil and under stones in forest, at forest margins, and in grasslands.
Relatively rare in Japan.

Nansei Is (Amami-oshima I., Miyako I.); Taiwan, Mainland China.