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species
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Proceratium japonicum
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Japanese Name
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Yamato-kagibara-ari
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Original Reference
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Santschi, F. (1937) Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 77: 361-388.
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Synonym
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Proceratium formosicola Terayama, 1985,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2.5 mm. The smallest Japanese Proceratium species. Body color yellow to yellowish brown. Anterior clypeal margin straight, not projecting anteriorly in the middle. Frons with a weak median longitudinal carina. Antennal scapes short, reaching about 3/4 the length of head. Petiole scale-like in form; shorter than in other Japanese Proceratium species; its anterior and posterior faces nearly vertical.
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Remarks
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P. japonicum lives on the ground in evergreen forests.
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Distribution
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Honshu (the Kanto District and southwards), Shikoku, Kyushu, Nansei Is.
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References
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- Terayama, M. 1985. Descriptions of a new species of the genus Proceratium Roger from Taiwan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Kontyu, 53: 406-408.
- Onoyama, K. 1991. A new synonym of the ant Proceratium japonicum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Jpn. J. Entomol., 59: 695-696.
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Editor
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Original text by Keiichi Onoyama and Kazuo Ogata. English translation by Keiichi Onoyama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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