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species
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Pachycondyla luteipes
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Japanese Name
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Tsuya-oo-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Mayr, G. (1862)
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Description
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Total length of workers around 3.5 mm. Body color and habitus similar to Pachycondyla chinensis, but luteipes has relatively short antennal scapes which exceed the posterior margin of the head by less than the length of the second antennal segment. Its propodeum is unsculptured, smooth and shining.
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Remarks
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Total length of workers around 3.5 mm. Body color and habitus similar to Pachycondyla Males are easily distinguished from P. chinensis in having the body darkly colored and the mandibles well developed. This species was recognized as Brachyponera sp.2 in Japan Myrmecological Society (1989) and first identified from Japan by Terayama (1999).
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Editor
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Original text by Kazuo Ogata. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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