Camponotus itoi

Camponotus itoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. itoi
Binomial name
	Camponotus itoi; Forel, 1912 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Camponotus itoi kwansienensis Viehmeyer, 1922;

Common Name

Itou-oo-ari
Language:	Japanese

This arboreal species nests in dead twigs on standing trees (Japanese Ant Image Database).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Camponotus of Japan

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.713606° to 33.367°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, 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.

itoi. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi Forel, 1912l: 340 (s.w.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Japan: Tokyo (T. Ito).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258;
- combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 138; Santschi, 1925f: 89.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 138; Santschi, 1925f: 89; Santschi, 1928b: 40; Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 118; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 77; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 231; Onoyama, 1980: 201; Collingwood, 1981: 29; Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 222 (in key); Morisita, et al. 1991: 43; Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 29 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 106; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 177; Radchenko, 1997d: 812; Terayama, 1999b: 30 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 36; Radchenko, 2005b: 158; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 68; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28; McArthur, 2012: 98.
- Distribution: China, Japan, Korean Peninsula.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus okamotoi McArthur, kwansienensis.

Description

References

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Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 138, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
Forel, A. 1912m. Quelques fourmis de Tokio. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 339-342 (page 340, soldier, worker described)
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Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 81-96 (page 89, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))

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