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species
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Camponotus nipponicus
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Japanese Name
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Hirazu-oo-ari
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Original Reference
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Wheeler, W.M. (1928) Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria del R. Istituto Superiore agrario di Portici 22: 96-125.
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Synonym
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Camponotus (Colobopsis) rothneyi Forel (Wheeler, 1906) ,
Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus Spinola (Ito, 1914) ,
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Description
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Total length around 2.5 - 3 mm in minor workers and around 5 mm in major workers. Head and mesosoma blackish brown to almost black; gaster black. Anterior margin of the head in major workers straight, without projections in full face view.
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Remarks
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This species is arboreal. Nuptial flights occur during June and July.
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Distribution
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Honshu (Kanto District and southwards), Shikoku, Kyushu, Yaku I., Nansei Is.(Amami-oshima I., Tokunoshima I., Tokashiki-jima I.), Ogasawara Is.
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References
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- Wheeler, W. M. (1928). Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. . Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. Portici, 21, 96-125.
- Wheeler, W. M. (1906). The ants of Japan. . Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 22, 301-329.
- Formicidarum Japonicum species novae vel minus cognitae. Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 58: 40-45.
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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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