Camponotus amamianus

Camponotus amamianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. amamianus
Binomial name
	Camponotus amamianus; Terayama, 1991 Specimen labels

Common Name

Tsuya-mikado-oo-ari
Language:	Japanese

This species is found in forests where it nests in dead portions of tree trunks and in the soil (Japanese Ant Image Database).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Camponotus of Japan

Distribution

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

amamianus. Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys) amamianus Terayama, 1991: 165, fig. 1A-F (s.w.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: holotype major worker, 37 paratype major and minor workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Japan: Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima Is, Sumiyo-son, 1.vii.1983 (M. Terayama); paratypes: 31 workers with same data, 1 worker Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima Is, Uken-son, 12.vii.1981 (S. Ohshima), 3 workers Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima Is, Mt Yuwan-dake, 5.viii.1982 (H. Takamiine), 2 workers Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima Is, Mt Yuwan-dake, 16.vii.1963 (Y. Kurosawa).
- Type-depository: NIAS (holotype); NIAS, NSMT, OMNH (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 85; Radchenko, 1997d: 813; Terayama, 1999b: 29 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 37.
- Distribution: Japan.

Description

References

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 85, catalogue)
Imai, H.T., Kihara, A., Kondoh, M., Kubota, M., Kuribayashi, S., Ogata, K., Onoyama, K., Taylor, R.W., Terayama, M., Yoshimura, M., Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. 224 pp, Gakken, Japan.
Terayama, M. 1991b. The subgenus Paramyrmamblys of the genus Camponotus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Japan, with a description of a new species. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Jpn. 46: 165-169 (page 165, fig. 1 soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Terayama M. 1991. The subgenus Paramyrmamblys of the genus Camponotus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Japan, with a description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 46: 165-169.
Terayama M. 1992. Structure of ant communities in East Asia. A. Regional differences and species richness. Bulletin of the Bio-geographical Society of Japan 47: 1-31.
Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
Yamane S. 2016. How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? (in Japanese). Part 2, chapter 1 in How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? Pp. 92-132.
Yamane S. S. Fukumoto, Y. Maeda, and Y. Sato. 2017. Records of ants from Kakeroma-jima, the Amami Islands, Japan. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan 71, 131-137.
Yamane S., S. Ikudome, and M. Terayama. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp, 138-317.
Yamane S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp138-317.