Colobopsis nipponica

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

Castes
Heads of both queen and soldier castes are highly modified to plug nest entrances in wood (Hasegawa 1993b). The enlarged abdomen of soldiers stores water and fat that are regurgitated to workers (Hasegawa 1993a).

Nomenclature

 *  nipponica. Camponotus (Colobopsis) nipponicus Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 118 (s.q.) JAPAN. Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, et al., 2016: 350.