Camponotus amamianus

This species is found in forests where it nests in dead portions of tree trunks and in the soil (Japanese Ant Image Database).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan, Republic of Korea.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys) amamianus Terayama, 1991: 165, fig. 1A-F (s.w.) JAPAN.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 85; Radchenko, 1997d: 813; Terayama, 1999b: 29 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 37.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Terayama M. 1991. The subgenus Paramyrmamblys of the genus Camponotus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Japan, with a description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 46: 165-169.
 * 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., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
 * 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. Fukumoto, Y. Maeda, and Y. Sato. 2017. Records of ants from Kakeroma-jima, the Amami Islands, Japan. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan 71, 131-137.
 * 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.