Camponotus daitoensis

Japanese Name

Daitou-oo-ari

Terayama, M. (1999) Ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 25-48.

Total length around 4 mm in minor workers; 5.5 - 6 mm in major workers.
In major workers: head, mesosoma and legs reddish brown; 1st gastral tergite yellowish brown excepting posterior margin which is blackish brown to black; 2nd to terminal segments blackish brown to black; pronotal dorsum with several relatively short erect hairs; mesonotal dorsum with 4 to 6 such hairs; propodeum with more than 10 erect hairs.
In minor workers: head, mesosoma and legs light yellowish brown; coloration of gaster as in the major worker; pronotal dorsum without hairs; mesonotal dorsum with a pair of erect hairs; propodeum with about 12 erect hairs.

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

Daito Is (Minami-daito I.).