Camponotus obscuripes

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

Fungi
This taxon is a host for the fungi , and (Shrestha et al., 2017).

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus ligniperdus var. obscuripes Mayr, 1879: 645 (s.w.) JAPAN.
 * André, 1903: 128 (q.m.).
 * Combination in C. (Camponotus): Emery, 1925b: 73.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1906c: 325; Yano, 1910: 422; Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 117; Teranishi, 1940: 25; Morisita, 1945: 22; Azuma, 1951: 88.
 * Subspecies of ligniperda: Dalla Torre, 1893: 240; Forel, 1900e: 270; Forel, 1901h: 70; Forel, 1907e: 19.
 * Subspecies of herculeanus: Emery, 1908a: 185; Emery, 1925b: 73; Kono & Sugihara, 1939: 9; Teranishi, 1940: 71; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 221.
 * Status as species: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 38; Azuma, 1953: 5; Azuma, 1955: 80; Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957: 50; Collingwood, 1962: 220; Arnol'di, 1967: 1823; Collingwood, 1976: 307; Azuma, 1977: 116; Onoyama, 1980: 200; Kupyanskaya, 1990: 171; Morisita, et al. 1991: 41; Bolton, 1995b: 114; Radchenko, 1996b: 1202 (in key); Radchenko, 1997a: 557; Terayama, 1999b: 29 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 39; Radchenko, 2005b: 160; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29.

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