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species
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Amblyopone caliginosa
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Japanese Name
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Hime-nokogiri-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Onoyama, K. (1999) A new and a newly recorded species of the ant genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Japan. Entomological Science 2: 157-161.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2 mm. Body color yellowish brown. Antennae 11-segmented. Anterior margin of clypeus with 5 denticles. Mandibles each with 7 denticles in a single row. Subpetiolar process prominent, produced anteriorly.
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Remarks
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This species was reported from Mt. Kirishima by Sonobe (1972) as "Amblyopone sp.", and corresponds to the Amblyopone sp. 3 of Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Comittee (1988). Rare.
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Distribution
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Honshu (Cape Manazuru, Kanagawa Pref.) [Keiichi Masuko leg.]), Kyushu (Kirishima Mountains).
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References
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- Onoyama, K. (1999). A new and a newly recorded species of the ant genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Japan. Entomological Science 2: 157-161.
- Sonobe, R. (1972). Ant fauna of the Mt. Kirishima area. InIn M. Kato, ed., "Studies on the animal comunities in the terestrial ecosystems and their conservation". Annual Report of JIBP-CTS for the fiscal year of 1971. (pp. 176-182).
- Myrmecological Society of Japan, Editorial Committee (ed.) (Ed.). (1988). A list of the ants of Japan with common Japanese names. The Myrmecological Society of Japan, Tokyo.
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Editor
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Original text by Keiichi Onoyama. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura. English translation by Keiichi Onoyama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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