Camponotus kiusiuensis

Camponotus kiusiuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. kiusiuensis
Binomial name
	Camponotus kiusiuensis; Santschi, 1937 Specimen Labels

Common Name

Mikado-oo-ari
Language:	Japanese

This species nests in dead bamboo stems or trees and Kim and Kim (1994) report it from trees and the vicinity of roots. Its colonies occupy several small nests, each with less than 300 workers. For this reason queens are seldom found in nests (Ito et al., 1988). Foraging is largely nocturnal, but above-ground activity occurs during the day in dark forests (Sonobe, 1984). This species is rare on Hokkaido, Japan. (Japanese Ant Image Database)

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Camponotus of Japan

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.283333° to 30.359°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Japan (type locality), Republic of Korea.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Biology

This species is a possible host for the temporary parasite Polyrhachis lamellidens (Sakai, 1990).

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb


Syntype of Camponotus kiusiuensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0911871. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

kiusiuensis. Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys) kiusiuensis Santschi, 1937h: 379, figs. 11, 14 (w.q.) JAPAN.
- [Misspelled as kuisiuensis by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 243; misspelled as kiushiuensis by Azuma, 1953: 5, Azuma, 1977: 116.]
- Imai, 1966: 119 (k.).
- Status as species: Azuma, 1951: 88; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 243; Azuma, 1953: 5; Azuma, 1955: 80; Onoyama, 1980: 201; Terayama, 1991: 167; Morisita, et al. 1991: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 106; Radchenko, 1997d: 813; Terayama, 1999b: 29 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 37; Terayama, 2009: 215; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 68.

Description

Karyotype

2n = 28 (Japan) (Imai & Yosida, 1964; Imai, 1969; Imai, 1969).

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