Camponotus bishamon
Species of Japanese carpenter ant
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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]
| Camponotus bishamon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmamblys |
| Species: | C. bishamon |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus bishamon Terayama, 1999[1] | |
Description
The 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. The Anterior margin clypeus is slightly convex. The Mandible has five teeth and the eyes are flat. Antenae scrape extends 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]