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species
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Probolomyrmex longinodus
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Japanese Name
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Hoso-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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A slender species. Total length of sole known worker around 2.5 mm. Body color reddish brown. Antennal scapes long, reaching more than midlength (about 3/4 ) of head. Petiole long and narrow, longer than high. Subpetiolar process low, with a small anteroventral projection.
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Remarks
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P. longinodus is very rare and known in Japan only from Ishigaki and Yonaguni Islands. The holotype was collected from the floor of broad-leaved forest. Corresponds to sp. 2 in Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee (1988).
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Distribution
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Nansei Is(Ishigaki I., Yonaguni I. ); Taiwan.
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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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