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species
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Amblyopone sakaii
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Japanese Name
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Yaiba-nokogiri-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. (1989) The ant tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Taiwan, with description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Entomology 57: 343-346.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2 mm. Body color yellowish brown. Antennae 11-segmented. Mandibles with denticles in double rows. Subpetiolar process well developed, produced in the middle in lateral view.
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Remarks
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This species corresponds to A. sp. 4 of Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee (1988), and "Amblyopone sp. B" of Onoyama (1976). Known only from a single specimen collected under a stone.
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Distribution
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Okinawa I. (Naha [Keiichi Onoyama leg.]).
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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.
- Terayama, M. (1989). The ant tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Taiwan, with description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Entomology 57: 343-346.
- Onoyama, K. (1976). A preliminary study of the ant fauna of Okinawa-Ken, with taxonomic notes. (Japan: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). . Ecol. Stud. Nat. Cons. Ryukyu Isl., 2, 121-141.
- 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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