Species: Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2020)

Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866b PDF: 885 (w.) JAPAN. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1904c PDF: 380 (m.); Wheeler, 1906h PDF: 324 (s.q.); Imai & Kubota, 1972 PDF: 195 (k.).

Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a PDF: 266.

Subspecies of Camponotus pennsylvanicus: Forel, 1879a PDF: 56; Forel, 1904c PDF: 380; Ruzsky, 1905b: 239; of Camponotus herculeanus: Emery, 1908a PDF: 186; Wheeler, 1909d PDF: 343; Wheeler, 1921c PDF: 544; Ruzsky, 1925b PDF: 42; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a PDF: 17; Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951 PDF: 36.

Status as species: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 390; Santschi, 1920h PDF: 255; Emery, 1925d PDF: 73; Santschi, 1925f PDF: 88; Ruzsky, 1926 PDF: 108; Wheeler, 1927e PDF: 3; Wheeler, 1928d PDF: 116; Karavaiev, 1929d PDF: 212; Stitz, 1934: 4; Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957 PDF: 49; Arnol'di, 1967 PDF: 1826; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 169.

Senior synonym of Camponotus miltotus, Camponotus sanguinea, Camponotus wui: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951 PDF: 36; of Camponotus aterrimus (and its junior synonym Camponotus japonicus manczshuricus): Radchenko, 1997b PDF: 556.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Asia: China, Japan, Mongolia
    Europe: Russia
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Mayr, G., 1866, Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16, pp. 885-908

C. japonicusHNS nov. spec.

Operaria: Long. 12.5 mm. C. pubescenti FabrHNS. simillima, differt solummodo corpore magis opaco, pilositate aureo-flava atque pubescentia abdominis paulo densiori et aureo-flava.

Japan (Mus. Leyden).

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in taiga, 1 times found in park/garden.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ground forager(s).

Elevations: collected from 125 - 762 meters, 446 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1909-05-20 and 2002-08-03

Type specimens: syntype of Camponotus japonicus sanguinea: casent0916763, casent0916764, casent0917145; syntype of Camponotus pennsylvanicus aterrimus: casent0905190, casent0905191

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Species: Camponotus (Camponotus) japonicus Mayr, 1866

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