Camponotus atrox

Camponotus atrox
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. atrox
Binomial name
Camponotus atrox Emery, 1925 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Camponotus herculeanus jeholensis Teranishi, 1936 Camponotus japonicus cruentata Emery, 1925

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.29305556° to 33.367°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

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.

Nomenclature

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

• cruentata. Camponotus japonicus var. cruentata Emery, 1925b: 73.
  • [First available use of Camponotus herculeanus subsp. japonicus var. cruentata Karavaiev, 1912b: 595 (s.q.) KOREA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Korea: Tshin-jasi-san, 28.vii.1900 (P. Schmidt).
  • Type-depository: SIZK.
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Formica cruentata Latreille, 1802c: 116, 1802c: 116.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Teranishi, 1940: 25.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus var. atrox Emery, 1925b: 73.
• atrox. Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus var. atrox Emery, 1925b: 73.
  • Replacement name for Camponotus japonicus cruentata Emery, 1925b: 73. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica cruentata Latreille, 1802c: 116.]
  • [Note: cruentata Emery, 1925b: 73, marks the first available use of cruentata Karavaiev, 1912b: 595, unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Karavaiev, 1929b: 211.
  • Subspecies of japonicus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 221.
  • Junior synonym of japonicus: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 37.
  • Status as species: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957: 49 (in text); Collingwood, 1976: 307; Collingwood, 1981: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 87; Radchenko, 1996b: 1202 (in key); Radchenko, 1997a: 555; Radchenko, 2005b: 157; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 66.
  • Senior synonym of jeholensis: Radchenko, 1997a: 555; Radchenko, 2005b: 157.
  • Material of the unavailable name koreanus referred here by Radchenko, 1997a: 555; Radchenko, 2005b: 157.
  • Distribution: China, Korean Peninsula.
• jeholensis. Camponotus herculeanus var. jeholensis Teranishi, 1936: 4 (w.) CHINA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: China: Manchukuo (Manchuria), Jehol (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: unknown.
  • Junior synonym of japonicus: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 37; Bolton, 1995b: 106; Zhou, 2001b: 210 (error).
  • Junior synonym of atrox: Radchenko, 1997a: 555; Radchenko, 2005b: 157.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 87, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 73, replacement name for cruentata)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 73, soldier, worker, queen described)
• Karavaiev, V. 1912b. Ameisen aus dem paläarktischen Faunengebiete. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 12: 581-596 (page 595, First available use of Camponotus herculeanus subsp. japonicus var. cruentata; unavailable name.)
• Kim, G., Lyu, D. 2012. Distribution of Ants (Insecta, Hymenoptera) in Chiaksan Mountain, Prov. Gangweon, Korea. Journal of Korean Nature 5, 127–129 (doi:10.7229/jkn.2012.5.2.127).
• Kwon, T.-S. 2015. Ant assemblages along the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range in South Korea: Human roads and temperature niche. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8, 152–157 (doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.05.001).
• Latreille, P. A. 1802b. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Crustacés et des insectes. Tome 3. Familles naturelles des genres. Paris: F. Dufart, xii + 467 pp. (page 116, junior secondary homonym of cruentata)
• Park, J., Park, J. 2021. Complete mitochondrial genome of the gate-keeper ant Colobopsis nipponica (Wheeler, W.M., 1928) (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6, 86–88 (doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1845581).
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• Shen, S., Li, W. 2022. Phylogenetic relationship and characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Camponotus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicoidea: Formicidae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7: 4, 686-688 (doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2067495).
• Yasumatsu, K.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1951b. Revisional notes on Camponotus herculeanus Linné and close relatives in Palearctic regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Fac. Agric. Kyushu Univ. 10: 29-44 (page 37, junior synonym of japonicus)
• Yasumatsu, K.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1957. A second look at the ants of the Camponotus herculeanus group in eastern Asia. J. Fac. Agric. Kyushu Univ. 11: 45-51 (page 49, revived from synonymy and raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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