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]
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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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| Camponotus bishamon | |
Description edit
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 edit
This species of ant is endemic to Japan, and is particularly common around the Nansei Islands. [3]
Ecology edit
Camponotus bishamon is an arboreal, or tree-dwelling, species of carpenter ant. [3]
References edit
- ^ "Camponotus bishamon". Japanese Ant Image Database. Miyagi University of Education. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ Terayama, M. (1999). "The ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan". Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan. 1: 25–48.
- ^ a b c Terayama, Mamuro (1999). "The ant genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan" (PDF). The Myrmecological Society of Japan.
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