Camponotus devestivus

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Camponotus devestivus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. devestivus
Binomial name
Camponotus devestivus
Wheeler, W.M., 1928


Common Name
Ameiro-oo-ari
Language: Japanese

This species nests in tree trunks or dead twigs. Three worker subcastes are recognized (Harada, 1993, 1996; Japanese Ant Image Database).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.784722° to 29.54°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Japan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • devestivus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) devestivus Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 117 (s.w.) JAPAN.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1937h: 378; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 244; Morisita, et al. 1991: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 96; Radchenko, 1997d: 808; Terayama, 1999b: 28 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 38; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 67; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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