Camponotus quadrinotatus

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Camponotus quadrinotatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. quadrinotatus
Binomial name
Camponotus quadrinotatus
Forel, 1886

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms


Common Name
Yotsuboshi-oo-ari
Language: Japanese

An arboreal species that nests in bark or crevices in tree trunks of coniferous and mixed forests. During a field survey in India, Dhadwal & Bharti (2023) report this species was collected from Solang, Himachal Pradesh. The nest was found under the stone, the colony was small and having few minor workers only. The area is mostly surrounded by Deodar and Pine trees, with an average daily temperature of 28°C.

Identification

Japanese Ant Image Database - Total length of workers around 5 - 6 mm. Body black; pronotum brownish in many individuals. First and 2nd gastral terga each with a pair of yellowish spots. Metanotal groove not incised dorsally; petiole with hairs.

Dhadwal & Bharti (2023) - Camponotus quarinotatus resembles Camponotus keihitoi, but both species can be easily distinguished by the following combination of characters:

  • C. keihitoi (minor worker)
    • the metanotal depression is distinct
    • pilosity is absent on the mesosoma and the petiole
    • the clypeal margin is transverse anteriorly
  • C. quarinotatus (minor worker)
    • the metanotal depression is indistinct
    • the mesosoma and the petiole are pilose
    • the clypeal margin is convex anteriorly

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.283333° to 30°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India.
Palaearctic Region: China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Japan (type locality), Republic of Korea, Russian Federation.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

  • Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023, Fig. 15. Camponotus quadrinotatus, minor worker (PUAC T107). A. Head in full face view. B. Body in profile view. C. Body in dorsal view.

Nomenclature

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

  • quadrinotatus. Camponotus marginatus var. quadrinotatus Forel, 1886f: 142 (s.w.q.) JAPAN.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Japan: (no further data) (Dönitz).
    • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also MHNG).
    • Santschi, 1925f: 89 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 118; Teranishi, 1940: 26.
    • Subspecies of fallax: Forel, 1907e: 19.
    • Subspecies of caryae: Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 29; Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 544; Santschi, 1925f: 89; Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 118; Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 10; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 76; Morisita, 1945: 22; Azuma, 1951: 89; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 234; Azuma, 1953: 5; Azuma, 1955: 80; Onoyama, 1980: 201; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 114 (error).
    • Subspecies of marginatus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; Forel, 1900e: 270; Ruzsky, 1905b: 249; Wheeler, W.M. 1906c: 326; Yano, 1910: 422; Ruzsky, 1925b: 42; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928b: 5; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 18; Ruzsky, 1946: 69.
    • Status as species: Ruzsky, 1926: 109; Collingwood, 1976: 307; Azuma, 1977: 116; Collingwood, 1981: 29; Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 222 (in key); Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989b: 327; Kupyanskaya, 1990: 173; Morisita, et al. 1991: 43; Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 29 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 119; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 176; Radchenko, 1996b: 1199 (in key); Radchenko, 1997b: 704; Terayama, 1999b: 30 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 36; Radchenko, 2005b: 160; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29; Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023d: 25.
    • Senior synonym of nigricolor: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 119; Radchenko, 1997b: 704.
    • Senior synonym of rubicolor: Radchenko, 1997b: 704.
    • Distribution: China, India, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Russia.
  • nigricolor. Camponotus quadrinotatus var. nigricolor Ruzsky, 1926: 109.
    • [First available use of Camponotus marginatus subsp. quadrinotatus var. nigricolor Ruzsky, 1925b: 42 (w.) RUSSIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Russia: Siberia, Primorsky obl, Kozlovsk, Ussuri river, 8.viii.1916 (M. Ruzsky), Russia: Valdivostok, 10.viii.1916 (M. Ruzsky), Russia: Siberia, Khabarovsk, slope to Amur river, 11.vii.1916 (M. Ruzsky).
    • [Note: only the Kozlovsk locality is mentioned in the original Ruzsky, 1925b: 42 (unavailable ) description; the other two localities are from Ruzsky, 1926: 109.]
    • Type-depository: ZMUM.
    • Junior synonym of quadrinotatus: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 113; Radchenko, 1997b: 704.
  • rubicolor. Camponotus marginatus morpha rubicolor Ruzsky, 1925b: 42 (w.) RUSSIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Russia: Siberia, Khabarovsk, 3.viii.1916 (M. Ruzsky), Russia: Siberia, Utesnaya, Shilke river, 27.vii.1916 (M. Ruzsky).
    • Type-depository: ZMUM.
    • [Also described as new by Ruzsky, 1926: 109.]
    • Subspecies of aethiops: Bolton, 1995b: 121.
    • Junior synonym of quadrinotatus: Radchenko, 1997b: 704.
  • rubripes ‘Formica rubripes Drury’, sensu Roger, 1863b: 2, and ‘Formica rubripes Drury, 1770’, sensu Forel, 1886f: 143, and subsequent authors. Misinterpretation.
    • [Notes (i): Drury, 1770, contains no reference to ants, but was nevertheless cited by Forel, 1886f: 143, as the authority for the name rubripes. In reality, Drury, 1773: 72, described, but did not name, an ant species from Sierra Leone, which he considered to be the same as Formica barbara Linnaeus, 1767: 962, saying: “Vide Linn. Syst. p. 962, No. 2 Form. Barbara, which I judge to be the same as this”. This misidentified material was later named Formica rubripes by Latreille, 1802c (above); (ii) Emery, 1891b: 17, recognised the confusion caused by Roger and Forel, and explained: “Drury n’a jamais donné le nom de rubripes à aucune fourmis; c’est Latreille qui, le premier, appela Formica rubripes un gros Camponotus d’Afrique que Drury avait rapporté à tort au Formica barbara de Linné”.]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
    • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1865: 27; Forel, 1886f: 143; Emery, 1887a: 212 (footnote); Emery, 1888c: 365; Forel, 1889: 261; Emery, 1889b: 510; Mayr, 1889: 278; Forel, 1890a: lxi; Saunders, E. 1890: 202 (misinterpretations).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Minor Dhadwal & Bharti (2023) - (n = 4) - HL 1.35–1.62; HW 1.14–1.26; EL 0.33–0.39; SL 1.35–1.59; PW 0.96–1.05; WL 1.95–2.25; MTL 1.20–1.25; HTL 1.53–1.62; PL 0.48–0.60; PH 0.58–0.66; GL 2.01–2.43; TL 5.79–6.90; CI 77–84; SI 118–126; REL 24–25; PrI 83–84.

Habitus. In full-face view, head subrectangular, longer than broad (CI 77–84) with convex posterior margin and subparallel lateral margins; clypeus carinate in the middle, clypeus margin anteriorly convex; mandibles with 5 teeth; eyes moderate in size, placed laterally over the mid-length of the head; antennae long, slender and 12-segmented, scape long (SI 118–126), surpassing posterior head margin by half of its length. In dorsal view, mesosoma broad and pronotum narrow (PrI 83–84) anteriorly; pro-mesonotal suture distinct and metanotal groove absent; mesonotum and propodeum compressed laterally; mesosoma does not form a single convexity in lateral view, convexity interrupted at propodeum being truncate; propodeal declivity steep and slightly concave; propodeal spiracle slit-like, placed below the level of propodeal declivity; petiole thick and biconvex; tibiae cylindrical; gaster subglobose.

Sculpture. Head, mesosoma and gaster minutely reticulated and shiny; mandibles rugose.

Pilosity and pubescence. Body sparsely pilose, with a few erect hairs on the vertex of the head, mesosoma, petiole and gaster; tibiae lacking a row of spiny bristles on the ventral edge, and with 3–4 suberect setae near apical spurs.

Colouration. Head, mesosoma and gaster black; in some workers 1st and 2nd gastral tergites having each a pair of yellowish or whitish markings, and the rest completely black.

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