Camponotus ogasawarensis

Camponotus ogasawarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. ogasawarensis
Binomial name
Camponotus ogasawarensis Terayama & Satoh, 1990 Specimen labels

Common Name
Ogasawara-oo-ari
Language:	Japanese

This is an arboreal species which nests in dead twigs on trees (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).

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• ogasawarensis. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ogasawarensis Terayama & Satoh, 1990c: 117, figs. 1-26 (s.w.q.m.) JAPAN.
  • Type-material: holotype minor worker, 15 paratype major workers, 28 paratype minor workers, 4 paratype queens, 7 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: Japan: Ogasawara Is., Ani-jima I., Kanaimisaki, 31.iii.1990 (K. Tomiyama); paratypes: 5 major workers, 15 minor workers, 2 queens, 3 males with same data, 2 minor workers, 4 males with same data but 4.vii.1989, 1 minor worker, 2 queens with same data but 21.vii.1990, 9 major workers, 11 minor workers with same data but 5.iii.1986 (T. Satoh); the authors also give an additional long series of minor collections, all paratypes.
  • Type-depositories: NIAS (holotype); NHMB, NIAS, NSMT, OMNH (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Morisita, et al. 1991: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 115; Radchenko, 1997d: 813; Terayama, 1999b: 28 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 35; McArthur, 2012: 118.
  • Distribution: Japan.

References

• 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.; Satoh, T. 1990c. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ogasawarensis sp. nov. from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Jpn. 45: 117-121 (page 117, figs. 1-26 soldier, worker, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• 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. and E. Hasegawa. 1991. Ant fauna of the Ogasawara islands. Ogasawara–Kenkyu–Nenpo 15: 40–51.
• Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
• Terayama M., and S. Kubota. 2002. Ants of Tokyo, Japan. ARI 26: 1-32.
• Terayama M.; Satoh, T. 1990. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ogasawarensis sp. nov. from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 45:117-121.