Camponotus friedae
| Camponotus friedae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. friedae |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus friedae Forel, 1912
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| Synonyms | |
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| Common Name | |
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| Miyako-oo-ari | |
| Language: | Japanese |
This species nests in the soil and under stone of forests, forest margins, and grasslands (Japanese Ant Image Database).
Contents
Identification
Terayama (1999) - Polymorphic species; total length around 5 mm in minor workers, and 7-9 mm in major workers. Head black; mesosoma, antenna, and legs brown; gaster blackish brown. In major workers: mandible with 6 teeth (5 in smaller individuals); clypeus produced anteriorly; anterior margin of clypeus without a median notch; scape exceeding posterior margin of head by 1/5 its length; pro- and mesonotal dorsum straight and anterior end of mesonotal dorsum forming a dull angle in profile; propodeal declivity abruptly declivitous; dorsum of mesosoma with more than 20 long erect hairs; similar hairs also present on vertex of head. petiolar dorsum. and gaster. In minor workers: mandible with 5 teeth; clypeus produced anteriorly; scape exceeding posterior margin of head by 1/3 its length; pro- and mesonotal dorsum almost straight; propodeal declivity abruptly declivitous; mesosoma with more than 20 long erect hairs.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 24.94246° to 24.94246°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China, Japan.
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
Worker
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- friedae. Camponotus friedae Forel, 1912a: 77 (s.w.q.m.) TAIWAN.
- Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 102.
- Status as species: Forel, 1913f: 200; Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 544; Emery, 1925b: 102; Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 9; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 62; Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 105; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 76; Santschi, 1937h: 378; Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246; Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 223 (in key); Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 30 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 100; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 177; Terayama, 1999b: 32 (redescription); Imai, et al. 2003: 35; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Terayama, 2009: 216; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 67; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28.
- Senior synonym of amia: Terayama, 1999b: 32; Terayama, 2009: 216.
- amia. Camponotus friedae var. amia Forel, 1912a: 78 (s.w.) TAIWAN.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 102.
- Subspecies of friedae: Emery, 1925b: 102; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 62; Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 105; Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60 (error).
- Junior synonym of friedae: Terayama, 1999b: 32; Terayama, 2009: 216.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 100, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 102, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1912b. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) (Schluss). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 67-81 (page 77, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 267, combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
- Terayama, M. 1999b. The ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan. 1:25-48.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Forel A. 1912. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) (Schluss). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61.
- Forel A. 1913. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(6): 183-202
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2011. Checklist of Chinese Ants: the Formicomorph Subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (I). Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition. 29(3): 65-73.
- Staab M., A. Schuldt, T. Assmann, H. Bruelheide, and A.M. Klein. 2014. Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologia 61: 32-40.
- Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
- Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
- Terayama, M. 1999. The ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1:25-48.
- Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
- Wang C., Xiao G. and Wu J.. 1989. Taxonomic studies on the genus Camponotus in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (conclusion). Forest Research 2: 221-228
- Wheeler W. M. 1921. Chinese ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64: 529-547.
- Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.
- Wheeler W. M. 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5: 53-81.
- Wheeler W. M. 1930. Formosan ants collected by Dr. R. Takahashi. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 11: 93-106.
- 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. 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.
