Biology:Camponotus bishamon
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Short description: Species of Japanese carpenter ant
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. bishamon
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| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus bishamon Terayama, 1999[1]
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Camponotus bishamon (ホソウメマツオオアリ Hoso Umematsu Ōari) is a species of carpenter ant endemic to Japan .[2]
Description
This major workers of this species have a head that is almost as wide as it is long, with subparallel sides and an almost straight posterior margin in full view. Anterior margin clypeus slightly convex. Mandible has five teeth and eyes are flat. Antenae scrape extending past the posterior margin by about 1/5 of its length. [3]
Distribution
This species of ant is endemic to Japan, and is particularly common around the Nansei Islands. [3]
Ecology
Camponotus bishamon is an arboreal, or tree-dwelling, species of carpenter ant. [3]
References
- ↑ "Camponotus bishamon". Japanese Ant Image Database. Miyagi University of Education. http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/E/Taxo/F80920.html.
- ↑ Terayama, M. (1999). "The ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan". Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 25–48.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Terayama, Mamuro (1999). "The ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan". The Myrmecological Society of Japan. https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e0/Terayama_1999b.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13583685 entry
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