Camponotus japonicus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines. Palaearctic Region: China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation.

Nomenclature

 *  japonicus. Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866b: 885 (w.) JAPAN. Forel, 1904b: 380 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1906c: 324 (s.q.); Imai & Kubota, 1972: 195 (k.). Combination in C. (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 266. Subspecies of pennsylvanicus: Forel, 1879a: 56; Forel, 1904b: 380; Ruzsky, 1905b: 239; of herculeanus: Emery, 1908a: 186; Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 343; Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 544; Ruzsky, 1925b: 42; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 17; Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 36. Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 390; Santschi, 1920h: 255; Emery, 1925b: 73; Santschi, 1925f: 88; Ruzsky, 1926: 108; Wheeler, W.M. 1927e: 3; Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 116; Karavaiev, 1929b: 212; Stitz, 1934: 4; Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957: 49; Arnol'di, 1967: 1826; Kupyanskaya, 1990: 169. Senior synonym of miltotus, sanguinea, wui: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 36; of aterrimus (and its junior synonym manczshuricus): Radchenko, 1997a: 556.
 * aterrimus. Camponotus pennsylvanicus var. aterrimus Emery, 1895k: 478 (footnote) (w.q.) RUSSIA. Ruzsky, 1905b: 238 (m.); Karavaiev, 1912b: 594 (s.). Combination in C. (Camponotus): Emery, 1925b: 73. Subspecies of herculeanus: Ruzsky, 1915a: 419. Raised to species: Ruzsky, 1926: 108. Subspecies of japonicus: Santschi, 1925f: 88; Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 9; Arnol'di, 1967: 1827; Kupyanskaya, 1990: 170. Senior synonym of manczshuricus: Arnol'di, 1967: 1827. Junior synonym of japonicus: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 17; Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 36; Radchenko, 1997a: 556.
 * manczshuricus. Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus var. manczshuricus Emery, 1925b: 73 (w.) RUSSIA. [First available use of Camponotus herculeanus subsp. japonicus var. manczshuricus Ruzsky, 1915a: 420; unavailable name.] Subspecies of japonicus: Ruzsky, 1926: 109. Junior synonym of herculeanus: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957: 47; of aterrimus: Arnol'di, 1967: 1827.
 * miltotus. Camponotus japonicus var. miltotus Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 9 (s.) CHINA. Junior synonym of japonicus: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 36.
 * sanguinea. Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus var. sanguinea Karavaiev, 1929b: 212 (w.q.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of japonicus: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 36.
 * wui. Camponotus japonicus subsp. wui Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 9 (w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of japonicus: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 36.