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species
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Proceratium watasei
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Japanese Name
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Watase-kagibara-ari
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Original Reference
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Wheeler, W.M. (1906c) The ants of Japan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22: 301-328.
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Synonym
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Sysphincta watasei Wheeler, 1906,
Proceratium watasei (Wheeler): Brown, 1958,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 3.5 - 4 mm. The largest Japanese Proceratium species. Body color light yellowish brown to reddish brown. Anterior clypeal margin projecting anteriorly in the middle. Antennal scapes nearly reaching the posterior margin of head - relatively the longest in any Japanese Proceratium species. Petiole relatively long and slender, the dorsal face weakly raised medially.
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Remarks
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P. watasei lives in the soil of glossy-leaved evergreen forests.
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Distribution
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Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Korean Peninsula.
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References
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- Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958b. ). Contribution toward a reclassification of the Formicidae II. Tribe Ectatommini. . Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard, 118, 173-362.
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Editor
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Original text by Keiichi Onoyama and Kazuo Ogata. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura. English translation by Keiichi Onoyama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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