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One Unrecorded Species of the Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from South Korea

  • Received : 2023.06.21
  • Accepted : 2023.07.13
  • Published : 2023.08.01
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Abstract

One species of the genus Camponotus Mayr was newly recorded in South Korea. It was collected from Suhari, Subi-myeon, Yeongyang-gun and Gyeongsangbuk-do. Its corresponding descriptions, measurements and photographs were supplemented for the Camponotus yessensis Yasumatsu & Brown 1951.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by a grant from the 5th National Ecosystem Survey of National Institute of Ecology (NIE), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIE-A-2023-01).

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