Camponotus hemichlaena

Camponotus hemichlaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. hemichlaena
Binomial name
	Camponotus hemichlaena; Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951

Common Name

Nishi-muneaka-oo-ari
Language:	Japanese

Identification

This species is distinguished from Camponotus obscuripes by its black pronotum (pronotum red in C. obscuripes). It was originally described as a subspecies of C. obscuripes and later raised to species rank by Yasumatsu & Brown (1957). However, since no other morphological distinctions have been observed between it and C. obscuripes, separation from obscuripes depends exclusively on coloration. Further study on its taxonomic status is needed. Both C. hemichlaena and C. obscuripes are present in Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan, with obscuripes tending to be at higher elevations. On Honshu, C. hemiclaena is known only from Hiroshima. (Japanese Ant Image Database)

Keys including this Species

Key to Camponotus of Japan

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.47855° 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).

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.

hemichlaena. Camponotus obscuripes subsp. hemichlaena Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 40 (w.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 124 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Japan: Kyushu, Prov. Buzen, Hikosan, 13.ix.1939 (K. Yasumatsu); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: KUEC (holotype); KUEC, MCZC, USNM, ZMUM (paratypes).
- Status as species: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957: 50 (in text); Onoyama, 1980: 200; Morisita, et al. 1991: 41; Bolton, 1995b: 103; Radchenko, 1997a: 557; Terayama, 1999b: 29 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 34.
- Distribution: Japan.

Description

References

Hisasue, Y. 2020. A checklist of the ants of Mt. Hiko-san (Kyushu, Japan). Korasana 93: 31-38.
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.
Lee, C.-C., Weng, Y.-M., Lai, L.-C., Suarez, A.V., Wu, W.-J., Lin, C.-C., Yang, C.-C.S. 2020. Analysis of recent interception records reveals frequent transport of arboreal ants and potential predictors for ant invasion in Taiwan. Insects 11, 356 (doi:10.3390/INSECTS11060356).
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 40, worker described)
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 50, Raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Harada Y., Yadori H., Takinami R., Nagahama K., Matsumoto Y., Oyama A., Maeda S. and Yamane S.K. 2013. Ants of the southernmost Fagus crenata forest in Japan. Nature of Kagoshima 39: 113-118
Harada Y., Yadori H., Takinami R., Nagahama K., Matsumoto Y., Oyama A., Maeda S. and Yamane S.K. 2013. Ants of the southernmost Fagus crenata forest in Japan. Nature of Kagoshima 39: 113-118.
Hosoichi S., M. Yoshimura, Y. Kuboki, and K. Ogata. 2007. Ants from Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Ari 30: 47-54.
Hosoishi S., M. Yoshimura, Y. Kuboki, and K. Ogata. 2007. Ants from Yakushima Island , Kagoshima Prefecture. Ari 30: 47-54.
Maeto K. and S. Sato. 2004. Impacts of forestry on ant species richness and composition in warm-temperate forests of Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 187: 213223.
Ogata. K., Touyama, Y. and Choi, B. M. 1994. Ant fauna of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. ARI Reports of the Myrmecologists Society (Japan) 18: 18-25
Sato T., N. Tsurusaki, K. Hamaguchi, and K. Kinomura. 2010. Ant fauna of Tottori prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Bulletin of the Tottori Prefectural Museum 47: 27-44.
Terayama M. 1983. Kagoshima-ken-hondo no ari. Kanagawa-chucho (Journal of the Kanagawa Entomologists Association): 13-24.
Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
Terayama M., and S. Yamane. 1984. Ants of Yaku-shima Island, the northern Ryukyus, with reference to their altitudinal distribution (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Cons. Rep. Yaku-shima Wildness Area, Kyushu, Japan, pp. 643-667. Nat. Cons. Bureau, Env. Agency, Japan.
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., Y. Harada, and K. Eguchi. 2013. Classification and ecology of ants. Natural history of ants in Southern Kyushu. 200 pages
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.
Yasumatsu K., and W. L. Brown, Jr. 1951. Revisional notes on Camponotus herculeanus Linné and close relatives in Palearctic regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Fac. Agric. Kyushu Univ. 10: 29-44.
Yasumatsu K., and W. L. Brown, Jr. 1957. A second look at the ants of the Camponotus herculeanus group in eastern Asia. J. Fac. Agric. Kyushu Univ. 11: 45-51.