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species
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Probolomyrmex okinawensis
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Japanese Name
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Hananaga-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. & Ogata, K. (1988) Two new species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex from Japan. Kontyž 56: 590-594.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2 mm. Smaller than P. longinodus. Body color reddish brown. Antennal scapes shorter than in longinodus, reaching only to the midlength of the head. Petiole short, higher than long. Subpetiolar process more developed, forming a vertical lamella.
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Remarks
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P. okinawensis is found on the floor of broad-leaved forest. It is rare, and known only from Okinawa. Corresponds to sp. 1 in Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee (1988).
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References
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- Terayama, M. & K. Ogata (1988). Two new species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Japan. . Kontyu, 56, 590-594.
- 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 Mamoru Terayama. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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