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species
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Discothyrea kamiteta
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Japanese Name
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Medaka-daruma-ari
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Original Reference
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Kubota, M. & M. Terayama, (1999) A description of a new species of the genus Discothyrea Roger from the Ryukyus, Japan (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 1-5.
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Description
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Total length of workers slightly greater than 2 mm. Similar to D. sauteri but a little larger. Body color reddish brown. Antennae 9-segmented. Eyes large, prominently protruding. Mesosoma shorter and higher than in D. sauteri. Punctures on gastral tergites etc. deeper and more distinct, spaces between punctures wider.
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Remarks
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Inhabits the floor of broad-leaved forest. Known only from Okinawa. This species corresponds to D. sp. 2 of Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee (1988).
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References
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- Kubota, M. & M. Terayama (1999). A description of a new species of the Genus Discothyrea Rogaer from the Ryukyus, Japan (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Memoirs of The Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 1-5.
- 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 and Mamoru Terayama. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura. English translation by Keiichi Onoyama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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